No Limiar do Inferno

No Limiar do Inferno (1959)

Five Gates to Hell

A group of nurses, doctors and nuns are taken hostage in Vietnam and sent up river to a castle hideout so they can cure an ailing war general.

Data de estreia
1959-09-23
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (7)
Duração
1 h 38 min
Géneros
Aventura, Drama, Guerra
Realizador
James Clavell

Elenco

Curiosidades

Five Gates to Hell is a 1959 American adventure film written and directed by James Clavell in CinemaScope. The film stars Dolores Michaels, Patricia Owens, Neville Brand, Ken Scott, Nobu McCarthy and Benson Fong. It was Clavell's directorial debut.

Production

The film was made by the production company of Robert L. Lippert who produced low budget films for distribution by 20th Century-Fox. Lippert wanted to make a modern-day war film set in Asia. Clavell had just written the very successful The Fly (1958) for Lippert was hired to write the script. Lippert was struggling to find a director and Harry Spalding, who was Lippert's story editor, suggested Clavell.

Irish McCalla was originally announced for the female lead. The role went to Gerri Gaylor.

The original title was Black Dragon, White Huntress. Filming started 22 June 1959.

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