
When Hell Was in Session
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

Eva Marie Saint
Jane Denton

Tom Bower
Lt. Jim Norton

Rad Daly
Bill Denton

Sab Shimono
Cao

Nicole Eggert
Mary Beth Denton #2

Bill Saito
Head Guard

James Hong
Nguyen

Stephen Keep Mills
Lt. Bill Grainger

William Kirby Cullen
Jerry Denton

Ric Carrott
Lt. Hadley

Laurence Haddon
Williams

Mako
Maj. Bai

Ronny Cox
Maj. Frank Perrin

Paul Mantee
Capt. Brown

Emily Banks
Betty Phillips

Renne Jarrett
Nancy Tschudy

Richard Evans
Lt. Alec Vardis

Byron Chung
Quoc

Rod McCary
T.V. Host

Hal Holbrook
Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton

David Chow
Diem

Steve Shaw
Jim Denton