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When Hell Was in Session
1979, Oct 08
1h 38m
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.
Directed by
Paul Krasny
Eva Marie Saint
Jane Denton
James Hong
Nguyen
Ronny Cox
Maj. Frank Perrin
Hal Holbrook
Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
Mako
Maj. Bai
Nicole Eggert
Mary Beth Denton #2
Sab Shimono
Cao
Tom Bower
Lt. Jim Norton
Stephen Keep Mills
Lt. Bill Grainger
Rod McCary
T.V. Host
Richard Evans
Lt. Alec Vardis
Paul Mantee
Capt. Brown
Bill Saito
Head Guard
William Kirby Cullen
Jerry Denton
Emily Banks
Betty Phillips
Steve Shaw
Jim Denton
Laurence Haddon
Williams
Ric Carrott
Lt. Hadley
Byron Chung
Quoc
David Chow
Diem
Renne Jarrett
Nancy Tschudy
Rad Daly
Bill Denton
Rod Browning
Ed Brandt
Tom Kindle
Lt. William Tschudy
Barry Blakeley
Peterson
Kathryn Daley
Frances Parker
Walter Niehenke
Lt. Brian
Jerry Fujikawa
Komuro
Tom Martin
Gordon
Dorothy Dells
Woman Shopper
Randall Hicks
Man Shopper
Hal Fishman
1st Newscaster
Charles Rowe
2nd Newscaster
Jeremiah Denton
Eddie Brandt
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