Hell to Eternity (1960)When his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan. Director:Phil Karlson |
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Hell to Eternity (1960)When his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan. Director:Phil Karlson |
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| Jeffrey Hunter | ... |
Guy Gabaldon
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| David Janssen | ... |
Sgt. Bill Hazen
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| Vic Damone | ... |
Cpl. Pete Lewis
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Patricia Owens | ... |
Sheila Lincoln
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Richard Eyer | ... |
Guy, as a boy
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John Larch | ... |
Capt. Schwabe
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Bill Williams | ... |
Leonard
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Michi Kobi | ... |
Sono
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George Shibata | ... |
Kaz Une
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Reiko Sato | ... |
Famika
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Richard Gardner | ... |
Polaski
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Bob Okazaki | ... |
Papa Une
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George Matsui | ... |
George, as a boy
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Nicky Blair | ... |
Martini
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| George Takei | ... |
George Une
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True life story of Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. Later, during the war, as his foster parents are interned at a camp for Japanese Americans, Gabaldon's ability to speak Japanese helps him become a lone-operating Marine hero. During the bloody capture of the island of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide. Written by Anonymous
I saw the movie many years ago and would love to have this movie on DVD. Jeffrey Hunter looses his best friend, David Janson, to the enemy and after that develops a deep hatred for the Japeneese. At times risking his own life to flush them out of their hiding places and kill them. At one point where he is watching the japeneese women and children hurl themselves off of the cliffs rather then be captured, he sees his own adopted Japenese family back in the states. An excellent movie that I would go the the movies to see again.