Hell to Eternity
movie
The Marines' Battle Cry of the South Pacific!
Released August 01, 1960
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.
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
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George Shibata
as
Kaz Une
