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Hell to Eternity is a american film of genre Drama directed by Phil Karlson released in USA on 1 august 1960 with Jeffrey Hunter
Hell to Eternity (1960)
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Add to a movie listHell to Eternity is a 1960 American World War II film starring Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone and directed by Phil Karlson. This film biopic is about the true experiences of Marine hero Pfc. Guy Gabaldon (played by Hunter), a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese American foster family, and his heroic actions during the Battle of Saipan. Sessue Hayakawa played the role of Japanese commander at Saipan.
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In Depression-era Los Angeles, Guy Gabaldon gets into a fight at school when another boy snitches about his breaking into a grocery store. After Japanese-American Kaz Uni (the brother of Guy's friend George) finds out Guy's mother is in the hospital and his father is dead, he invites Guy to stay with his family. As Kaz's parents speak little English, Guy begins to learn Japanese. Then, when Guy's mother dies, the Unis adopt him. He becomes especially close to Kaz's mother.Actors
Jeffrey Hunter
(Guy Gabaldon)
David Janssen
(Sgt, Bill Hazen)
Patricia Owens
(Sheila Lincoln)
Richard Eyer
(Guy - as a Boy)
John Larch
(Capt. Schwabe)
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