DramaTV Movie
Watch When Hell Was in Session (1979) Official Trailer
7 / 10 IMDb October 8, 1979 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.
Director
Runtime
1h 38m
Release Date
October 8, 1979
Genre
Drama, TV Movie
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
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
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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
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Tom Kindle
as Lt. William Tschudy
David Chow
as Diem
Production Companies
Aubrey-Hamner Productions
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