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.

Full Cast of When Hell Was in Session

Hal Holbrook as Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton

Hal Holbrook

Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton

Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and...

Mako as Maj. Bai

Mako

Maj. Bai

Mako was born in Kobe, Japan, the son of noted children's book author and illustrator Taro Yashima. His parents...

James Hong as Nguyen

James Hong

Nguyen

James Hong (born February 22, 1929) is a Chinese American actor and former president of the Association of...

Tom Bower as Lt. Jim Norton

Tom Bower

Lt. Jim Norton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tom Bower (born January 1938) is an American actor who has appeared in a wide...

Sab Shimono as Cao

Sab Shimono

Cao

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Sab Shimono (born July 31, 1937) is an American actor who has appeared in...

Nicole Eggert as Mary Beth Denton #2

Nicole Eggert

Mary Beth Denton #2

Nicole Elizabeth Eggert (born January 13, 1972) is an American actress. Her notable roles include Jamie Powell on...

Stephen Keep Mills

Lt. Bill Grainger

Byron Chung

Quoc

Rod Browning

Ed Brandt

Tom Kindle

Lt. William Tschudy

Barry Blakeley

Peterson

Kathryn Daley

Frances Parker

Walter Niehenke

Lt. Brian

Tom Martin

Gordon

Randall Hicks

Man Shopper

Hal Fishman

1st Newscaster

Hal Fishman was born on August 25, 1931 and passed away 17 years ago at the age of 75 on August 7, 2007.

Charles Rowe

2nd Newscaster

Crew of When Hell Was in Session

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