
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

Hal Holbrook
Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton

Richard Evans
Lt. Alec Vardis

Tom Bower
Lt. Jim Norton

Laurence Haddon
Williams

Mako
Maj. Bai

Rod McCary
T.V. Host

Ric Carrott
Lt. Hadley

Stephen Keep Mills
Lt. Bill Grainger

Sab Shimono
Cao

Emily Banks
Betty Phillips

Nicole Eggert
Mary Beth Denton #2

Ronny Cox
Maj. Frank Perrin

Steve Shaw
Jim Denton

Renne Jarrett
Nancy Tschudy

Byron Chung
Quoc

David Chow
Diem

Eva Marie Saint
Jane Denton

Bill Saito
Head Guard

Rad Daly
Bill Denton

James Hong
Nguyen

Paul Mantee
Capt. Brown

William Kirby Cullen
Jerry Denton