Hell to Eternity

Hell to Eternity (1960)

Released: 1960-08-01 Duration: 2hr 11min
Genres: Drama War
Rating 6.6
The Marines' Battle Cry of the South Pacific!

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Allied Artists Pictures
Atlantic Pictures Corporation

Additional Info

Budget $800,000.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 2.918

Directed By

Phil Karlson

Crew

Director
Phil Karlson
Screenplay
Ted Sherdeman
Producer
Irving H. Levin
Original Music Composer
Leith Stevens
Story
Gil Doud
Director of Photography
Burnett Guffey

TOP CAST

Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter

Guy Gabaldon

David Janssen
David Janssen

Sgt, Bill Hazen

Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa

General Matsui

Vic Damone
Vic Damone

Cpl. Pete Lewis

George Takei
George Takei

George Une

Reiko Sato
Reiko Sato

Famika

Patricia Owens
Patricia Owens

Sheila Lincoln

Richard Eyer
Richard Eyer

Guy - as a Boy

John Larch
John Larch

Capt. Schwabe

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