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Hell to Eternity
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6.4Based 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.
Released: 1960-08-01131 minDir: Phil KarlsonDrama, WarBudget: $800,000
Cast
- Jeffrey Hunter as Guy Gabaldon
- David Janssen as Sgt, Bill Hazen
- Sessue Hayakawa as General Matsui
- Vic Damone as Cpl. Pete Lewis
- George Takei as George Une
- Reiko Sato as Famika
Themes
- world war ii
- biography
- u.s. marine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Pacific War
- Director
- Phil Karlson
- Cast member
- Vic Damone
- Composer
- Leith Stevens
- Cinematographer
- Burnett Guffey
- Narrative location
- Hawaii
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 627163
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Hell to Eternity (1960) trailer title.jpg
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- publication date
- 1960-01-01
- Commons category
- Hell to Eternity
- distributed by
- Monogram Pictures
- title
- Hell to Eternity
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 6.8/10
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