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1979 Drama TV Movie 1h 38m

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.

7.0 TMDB RATING
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Principal 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

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