Release Date
1960-08-01
Status
Released
Original Title
Hell to Eternity
Runtime
2h 11m
Budget
$800,000
Original Language
EN
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Allied Artists Pictures, Atlantic Pictures Corporation
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.
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