When Hell Was in Session

When Hell Was in Session (1979)


  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1979-10-08
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Aubrey-Hamner Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Paul Krasny
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Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • 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

  • Tom Kindle

    as Lt. William Tschudy

  • David Chow

    as Diem

  • Barry Blakeley

    as Peterson

  • Kathryn Daley

    as Frances Parker

  • Walter Niehenke

    as Lt. Brian

  • Jerry Fujikawa

    as Komuro

  • Nicole Eggert

    as Mary Beth Denton #2

  • Tom Martin

    as Gordon

  • Dorothy Dells

    as Woman Shopper

  • Randall Hicks

    as Man Shopper

  • Bill Saito

    as Head Guard

  • Rad Daly

    as Bill Denton

  • Steve Shaw

    as Jim Denton

  • Hal Fishman

    as 1st Newscaster

  • Charles Rowe

    as 2nd Newscaster
Writing S. Lee Pogostin Teleplay
Writing Jeremiah Denton Book
Writing Eddie Brandt Book
Crew Robert Hamner Additional Writing
Directing Paul Krasny Director
Production Claire Newell Casting Director
Production James T. Aubrey Executive Producer
Production Robert Hamner Executive Producer
Production R.J. Louis Producer
Sound Jimmie Haskell Music
Camera Robert B. Hauser Director of Photography
Editing John Woodcock Editor
Art Fred Price Art Direction
Art Martin Price Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Marianna Elliott Costume Design

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