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When Hell Was in Session
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.
Cast
- Hal Holbrook as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
- Eva Marie Saint as Jane Denton
- Mako as Maj. Bai
- Ronny Cox as Maj. Frank Perrin
- Renne Jarrett as Nancy Tschudy
- Richard Evans as Lt. Alec Vardis
- James Hong as Nguyen
- Tom Bower as Lt. Jim Norton
- Stephen Keep Mills as Lt. Bill Grainger
- Byron Chung as Quoc
- William Kirby Cullen as Jerry Denton
- Paul Mantee as Capt. Brown
Details
- Director
- Paul Krasny
- Released
- October 8, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Studio
- Aubrey-Hamner Productions
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.5 / 10 from 2 votes
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