Hell to Eternity (1960)

08/01/1960 (US) • 2h 11m

Drama, War

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jeffrey Hunter

Guy Gabaldon

David Janssen

Sgt, Bill Hazen

Sessue Hayakawa

General Matsui

Vic Damone

Cpl. Pete Lewis

George Takei

George Une

Patricia Owens

Sheila Lincoln

Richard Eyer

Guy - as a Boy

John Larch

Capt. Schwabe


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$800,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

world war ii

biography

u.s. marine

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