Hell to Eternity
1960 · 131 min
Directed by Phil Karlson. Starring Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Sessue Hayakawa, Vic Damone.
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.
Critics 83% · audiences 46% · streaming on Plex, Tubi