Hell to Eternity (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.
Director:
Phil Karlson
Writers:
Ted Sherdeman, Walter Roeber Schmidt.
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Jeffrey Hunter as Guy Gabaldon |
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David Janssen as Sgt, Bill Hazen |
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Sessue Hayakawa as General Matsui |
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Vic Damone as Cpl. Pete Lewis |
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George Takei as George Une |
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Reiko Sato as Famika |
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Patricia Owens as Sheila Lincoln |
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Richard Eyer as Guy - as a Boy |
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John Larch as Capt. Schwabe |
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Bill Williams as Leonard |
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Michi Kobi as Sono |
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George Shibata as Kaz Une |
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Richard Gardner as Polaski |
| Directing | Phil Karlson | Director |
| Writing | Ted Sherdeman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Walter Roeber Schmidt | Screenplay |
| Production | Irving H. Levin | Producer |
| Sound | Leith Stevens | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Roy V. Livingston | Editor |
| Writing | Gil Doud | Story |
| Camera | Burnett Guffey | Director of Photography |
