HELL IN THE PACIFIC (1968) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1968
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: From John Boorman, the director of Deliverance and The Emerald Forest comes this gripping adventure about two wartime enemies trapped alone on a deserted island. Screen legends Lee Marvin (Prime Cut, Monte Walsh, The Dirty Dozen) and Toshiro Mifune (Yojimbo, The Challenge) deliver striking and well-etched performances in this searing psychological drama that packs plenty of action and excitement. From the instant they meet, a marooned American soldier (Marvin) and his Japanese counterpart (Mifune) have the same objective: to kill each other. But it soon becomes apparent that the only way they will survive is by forging an uneasy truce and cooperating with each other. Can they rise above the hatred that divides them long enough to stay alive? Two of the film’s best features are the terrific color photography by the great Conrad Hall (In Cold Blood) and the original musical score by the legendary Lalo Schifrin (Bullitt).
• Cast: Lee Marvin, Toshirô Mifune, John Boorman, Alexander Jacobs, Eric Bercovici, Reuben Bercovitch, Shinobu Hashimoto, Henry G. Saperstein, Selig J. Seligman, Conrad L. Hall, Thomas Stanford, Lalo Schifrin, Frank E. Warner, Clem Portman, Toru Sakata, Bert Hallberg, Gordon Sawyer, Anthony Pratt, Masao Yamazaki
• Director: John Boorman
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Cinerama Releasing Corporation, Cinerama Releasing UK, Parafrance Films, Shaw Organisation, Shochiku Company, Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Cinerama Filmgesellschaft MBH, Europafilm AS, Viljafilmi, Hafbo, Selmur Productions, Kino Lorber
• Media Format: Movie