Hell to Eternity

2h 11min

Drama

War

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

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
Patricia Owens

Patricia Owens

Sheila Lincoln
Richard Eyer

Richard Eyer

Guy - as a Boy
John Larch

John Larch

Capt. Schwabe

Release date

1st Aug 1960

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Español, English, 日本語