When Hell Was in Session
When Hell Was in Session
Release: 1979-10-08
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 7.0
Drama
TV 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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Aubrey-Hamner Productions
Cast
Hal Holbrook
as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton
Bill Saito
as Head Guard
Ronny Cox
as Maj. Frank Perrin
Rad Daly
as Bill Denton
Stephen Keep Mills
as Lt. Bill Grainger
Rod McCary
as T.V. Host
Steve Shaw
as Jim Denton
Laurence Haddon
as Williams
Sab Shimono
as Cao
Nicole Eggert
as Mary Beth Denton #2
David Chow
as Diem
Jerry Fujikawa
as Komuro
Eva Marie Saint
as Jane Denton
Richard Evans
as Lt. Alec Vardis
Tom Bower
as Lt. Jim Norton
William Kirby Cullen
as Jerry Denton
Paul Mantee
as Capt. Brown
Mako
as Maj. Bai
James Hong
as Nguyen
Byron Chung
as Quoc
Emily Banks
as Betty Phillips
Renne Jarrett
as Nancy Tschudy
Ric Carrott
as Lt. Hadley