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When Hell Was in Session

Genres
Drama
TV Movie
Rating
7.0
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date1979-10-08
Runtime98 mins

Overview

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 & Crew

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Hal Holbrook

as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton

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Eva Marie Saint

as Jane Denton

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Mako

as Maj. Bai

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Ronny Cox

as Maj. Frank Perrin

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Renne Jarrett

as Nancy Tschudy

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Richard Evans

as Lt. Alec Vardis

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James Hong

as Nguyen

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Tom Bower

as Lt. Jim Norton

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Stephen Keep Mills

as Lt. Bill Grainger

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Byron Chung

as Quoc

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William Kirby Cullen

as Jerry Denton

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Paul Mantee

as Capt. Brown

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Rod Browning

as Ed Brandt

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Rod McCary

as T.V. Host

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Ric Carrott

as Lt. Hadley

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Laurence Haddon

as Williams

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Sab Shimono

as Cao

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Emily Banks

as Betty Phillips

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Tom Kindle

as Lt. William Tschudy

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David Chow

as Diem

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Barry Blakeley

as Peterson

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Kathryn Daley

as Frances Parker

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Walter Niehenke

as Lt. Brian

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Jerry Fujikawa

as Komuro

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Nicole Eggert

as Mary Beth Denton #2

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Tom Martin

as Gordon

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Dorothy Dells

as Woman Shopper

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Randall Hicks

as Man Shopper

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Bill Saito

as Head Guard

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Rad Daly

as Bill Denton

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Steve Shaw

as Jim Denton

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Hal Fishman

as 1st Newscaster

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Charles Rowe

as 2nd Newscaster

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