Hell to Eternity
“The Marines' Battle Cry of the South Pacific!”
1960•NR•2h 11m•6.3•Released
DramaWar
Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.
Director
Phil Karlson
Writer
Walter Roeber Schmidt, Ted Sherdeman
Budget
$1M
Languages
Spanish, English, Japanese
Studio
Allied Artists Pictures
Cast
Jeffrey Hunter
Guy Gabaldon
David Janssen
Sgt, Bill Hazen
Sessue Hayakawa
General Matsui
Vic Damone
Cpl. Pete Lewis
George Takei
George Une
Reiko Sato
Famika
Patricia Owens
Sheila Lincoln
Richard Eyer
Guy - as a Boy
John Larch
Capt. Schwabe
Bill Williams
Leonard
Michi Kobi
Sono
George Shibata
Kaz Une
Richard Gardner
Polaski
Production
Company
Allied Artists Pictures
Company
Atlantic Pictures Corporation
Producer
Irving H. Levin
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