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When Hell Was in Session

7.5 average rating
7.5
English / 98 MIN. / 1979

The Genres

The Synopsis

This film describes Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's 7-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. Held in numerous, brutal POW camps, he faced starvation, torture and terrible living conditions brought on by his North Vietnamese captors in an effort to keep communication alive between the prisoners. His wife, Jane, is also arranging a POW wives league in the U.S. in order to popularize their plight.

The Cast

Hal HolbrookEva Marie SaintMakoRonny CoxRenne JarrettRichard EvansJames HongTom BowerStephen Keep MillsByron ChungWilliam Kirby CullenPaul ManteeRod BrowningRod McCaryRic CarrottLaurence HaddonSab ShimonoEmily BanksTom KindleDavid ChowBarry BlakeleyKathryn DaleyWalter NiehenkeJerry FujikawaNicole EggertTom MartinDorothy DellsRandall HicksBill SaitoRad DalySteve ShawHal FishmanCharles Rowe

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