Jeffrey Hunter
Guy Gabaldon
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Hell to Eternity is a 1960 American World War II film starring Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone and Patricia Owens, directed by Phil Karlson.
A 1960 film based on the true story of a Hispanic boy raised by a Japanese-American family and his role in the Battle of Saipan. The film explores the themes of identity, loyalty, and heroism in the context of the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
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- Biography, Drama, War
- Phil Karlson
- 1960-08-01
A young man, raised by a Japanese family in Los Angeles, finds his knowledge of the Japanese language invaluable to the Marines after Pearl Harbor in this war...
Hell to Eternity - (Original Trailer) A young man adopted by Japanese-Americans becomes a hero in World War II in Hell to Eternity (1960).
- Phil Karlson, Clark Paylow
- Jeffrey Hunter
Guy Gabaldon (Jeffrey Hunter) is an orphaned Latino youth raised in Los Angeles by an adoptive Japanese-American family. With the dawn of conflict in the Pacific, Gabaldon enlists in the military...
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- Jeffrey Hunter
- Phil Karlson
- Allied Artists
A true-life story of a Chicano who joins the marines and becomes a hero in the Battle of Saipan. He speaks Japanese and convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.
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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.
