When Hell Was in Session
08/10/1979
2h



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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


Eva Marie Saint
Jane Denton


Mako
Maj. Bai


Ronny Cox
Maj. Frank Perrin


Renne Jarrett
Nancy Tschudy


Richard Evans
Lt. Alec Vardis


James Hong
Nguyen


Tom Bower
Lt. Jim Norton


Stephen Keep Mills
Lt. Bill Grainger


Byron Chung
Quoc


William Kirby Cullen
Jerry Denton


Paul Mantee
Capt. Brown
Rod Browning
Ed Brandt


Rod McCary
T.V. Host


Ric Carrott
Lt. Hadley


Laurence Haddon
Williams


Sab Shimono
Cao


Emily Banks
Betty Phillips
Tom Kindle
Lt. William Tschudy


David Chow
Diem
Barry Blakeley
Peterson
Kathryn Daley
Frances Parker
Walter Niehenke
Lt. Brian
Jerry Fujikawa
Komuro


Nicole Eggert
Mary Beth Denton #2
Tom Martin
Gordon
Dorothy Dells
Woman Shopper
Randall Hicks
Man Shopper


Bill Saito
Head Guard


Rad Daly
Bill Denton


Steve Shaw
Jim Denton
Hal Fishman
1st Newscaster
Charles Rowe
2nd Newscaster
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