When Hell Was in Session (1979)
Television/Drama · 1h 38m · 10/8/1979
Description
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.
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
DiemBarry Blakeley
PetersonKathryn Daley
Frances ParkerWalter Niehenke
Lt. Brian
Jerry Fujikawa
Komuro
Nicole Eggert
Mary Beth Denton #2Tom Martin
Gordon
Dorothy Dells
Woman ShopperRandall Hicks
Man Shopper
Bill Saito
Head Guard
Rad Daly
Bill Denton
Steve Shaw
Jim Denton
Hal Fishman
1st NewscasterCharles Rowe
2nd NewscasterJeremiah Denton
DirectorS. Lee Pogostin
DirectorEddie Brandt
DirectorPaul Krasny
DirectorClaire Newell
DirectorJohn Woodcock
DirectorFred Price
DirectorR.J. Louis
DirectorMarianna Elliott
Director
Jimmie Haskell
DirectorJames T. Aubrey
DirectorRobert Hamner
DirectorMartin Price
DirectorRobert B. Hauser
Director
