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Hell in the Pacific is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Boorman released in USA on 19 december 1968 with Lee Marvin
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 december 1968
Length 1h45
Directed by John Boorman
OriginUSA
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films based on Robinson Crusoe, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Rating71%
Hell in the Pacific is a 1968 World War II film starring Lee Marvin and Toshirō Mifune, the only two actors in the entire film. It was directed by John Boorman.
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The film is a story of two soldiers, one American and the other Japanese, marooned on an uninhabited Pacific island, who, in order to survive, must accept their differences and work together, despite their two countries being at war.Actors
Lee Marvin
(American Pilot)
Toshiro Mifune
(Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda)
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