Hell in the Pacific Movie Review 1969

A marvelously photographed (by Conrad Hall) psycho/macho allegory, about an American and a Japanese soldier stranded together on a tiny island and the mini-war they fight all by themselves. Overly obvious anti-war statement done with style.

Distribution

CBS/Fox Video, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Phone: (212)373-4800, Toll-free: 800-800-4369, Fax: (212)373-4803, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, War, General, Pacific Islands, Anti-War War Movies

Screenplay

Eric Bercovici, Alexander Jacobs

Cast

Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune

Cinematography

Conrad L. Hall

Director

John Boorman

Music

Lalo Schifrin

Other

Masaaki Asukai

Producer

Reuben Bercovitch, Cinerama Releasing, Selmur