Film

Hell to Eternity

1960 · 2h 11m · Drama · War

The Marines' Battle Cry of the South Pacific!

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

83%

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.

Jeffrey Hunter

Guy Gabaldon

David Janssen

Sgt, Bill Hazen

Sessue Hayakawa

General Matsui

Vic Damone

Cpl. Pete Lewis

George Takei

George Une

Reiko Sato

Famika

Patricia Owens

Sheila Lincoln

Richard Eyer

Guy - as a Boy

John Larch

Capt. Schwabe

Bill Williams

Leonard

Michi Kobi

Sono

George Shibata

Kaz Une

Richard Gardner

Polaski

• Phil KarlsonDirector
• Ted SherdemanScreenplay
• Walter Roeber SchmidtScreenplay
• Gil DoudStory
• Irving H. LevinProducer
• Burnett GuffeyDirector of Photography
• Leith StevensOriginal Music Composer
• Roy V. LivingstonEditor

Hell to Eternity - Trailer

Release date

August 1, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

NR

Budget

$800,000

Genres

Drama, War

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