Hell to Eternity

Hell to Eternity

1960
2h 11m
6.3

6.3/10

18 votes • View on IMDb

"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.

Status: Released

Budget: $800,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Allied Artists Pictures Atlantic Pictures Corporation
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
Spanish English Japanese

Quick Facts

Release Date August 1, 1960
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0053901

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

Bill Williams
Bill Williams

Leonard

Michi Kobi
Michi Kobi

Sono

George Shibata
George Shibata

Kaz Une

Key Crew

Irving H. Levin
Producer
Phil Karlson
Director
Walter Roeber Schmidt
Screenplay
Ted Sherdeman
Screenplay