When Hell Was in Session

When Hell Was in Session
1979
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
⏱️ 98 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaTV Movie
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.

Crew

Director
Paul Krasny
Producer
James T. Aubrey, Robert Hamner, R.J. Louis

Production

Aubrey-Hamner Productions

Keywords

prisoner of warbased on true storytorture