Hell to Eternity

IMDb 6.3 1960 • 131 min • DramaWar

Director

Phil Karlson

Country

US

Plot Summary

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 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