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When Hell Was in Session

When Hell Was in Session1979

★7.598 minDramaTV Movie

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.

Director

Score

Stars

Hal Holbrook Eva Marie Saint Mako

Cast33

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
R
Rod Browning
as Ed Brandt
Rod McCary
as T.V. Host
Ric Carrott
as Lt. Hadley
Laurence Haddon
as Williams
Sab Shimono
as Cao
Emily Banks
as Betty Phillips
T
Tom Kindle
as Lt. William Tschudy
David Chow
as Diem
B
Barry Blakeley
as Peterson
K
Kathryn Daley
as Frances Parker
W
Walter Niehenke
as Lt. Brian
J
Jerry Fujikawa
as Komuro
Nicole Eggert
as Mary Beth Denton #2
T
Tom Martin
as Gordon
D
Dorothy Dells
as Woman Shopper
R
Randall Hicks
as Man Shopper
Bill Saito
as Head Guard
Rad Daly
as Bill Denton
Steve Shaw
as Jim Denton
H
Hal Fishman
as 1st Newscaster
C
Charles Rowe
as 2nd Newscaster

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