When Hell Was in Session (1979)

ALL 10/08/1979 (en) Drama, TV Movie 98 Min
  • Release
    10/08/1979
  • Production
    Aubrey-Hamner Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    When Hell Was in Session
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Paul Krasny

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John Woodcock

    Editor

  4. R.J. Louis

    Producer



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  1. Hal Holbrook

    Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton

  2. Eva Marie Saint

    Jane Denton

  3. Mako

    Maj. Bai

  4. Ronny Cox

    Maj. Frank Perrin

  5. Renne Jarrett

    Nancy Tschudy

  6. Richard Evans

    Lt. Alec Vardis

  7. James Hong

    Nguyen

  8. Tom Bower

    Lt. Jim Norton

  9. Stephen Keep Mills

    Lt. Bill Grainger

  10. Byron Chung

    Quoc

  11. William Kirby Cullen

    Jerry Denton

  12. Paul Mantee

    Capt. Brown

  13. Rod Browning

    Ed Brandt

  14. Rod McCary

    T.V. Host

  15. Ric Carrott

    Lt. Hadley

  16. Laurence Haddon

    Williams

  17. Sab Shimono

    Cao

  18. Emily Banks

    Betty Phillips

  19. Tom Kindle

    Lt. William Tschudy

  20. David Chow

    Diem

  21. Barry Blakeley

    Peterson

  22. Kathryn Daley

    Frances Parker

  23. Walter Niehenke

    Lt. Brian

  24. Jerry Fujikawa

    Komuro

  25. Nicole Eggert

    Mary Beth Denton #2

  26. Tom Martin

    Gordon

  27. Dorothy Dells

    Woman Shopper

  28. Randall Hicks

    Man Shopper

  29. Bill Saito

    Head Guard

  30. Rad Daly

    Bill Denton

  31. Steve Shaw

    Jim Denton

  32. Hal Fishman

    1st Newscaster

  33. Charles Rowe

    2nd Newscaster

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 33 , Crews : 15

Keyword

When Hell Was in Session (1979) 98 Min

ALL 10/08/1979 (en)
Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 10/08/1979
  • Production
    Aubrey-Hamner Productions
  • Original title When Hell Was in Session
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Paul Krasny

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John Woodcock

    Editor

  4. R.J. Louis

    Producer