Hell to Eternity

Hell to Eternity

131 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 1, 1960

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.

Hell to Eternity

131 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 1, 1960

Hell to Eternity
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Allied Artists Pictures, Atlantic Pictures Corporation
Original title Hell to Eternity
Directors Phil Karlson
Writers Walter Roeber Schmidt, Gil Doud, Ted Sherdeman

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

Patricia Owens

as Sheila Lincoln

Richard Eyer

as Guy - as a Boy

John Larch

as Capt. Schwabe

Bill Williams

as Leonard

Michi Kobi

as Sono

George Shibata

as Kaz Une

Richard Gardner

as Polaski