Jump Into Hell (1955)
The 'sealed-orders' guys who ripped out of the skies to tear their way into history !
Arriving in IndoChina by parachute, Captain Guy Bertrand and his comrades make a courageous stand against the Communist forces. Jump into Hell is one of the first films to deal with the ongoing conflict in Vietnam or, as it was still known in 1955, French IndoChina.
- Date of release
- 1955-04-01
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- David Butler
Casting
- Jacques Sernas — Captain Guy Bertrand
- Kurt Kasznar — Captain Jean Callaux
- Arnold Moss — General Christian De Castries
- Peter van Eyck — Lt. Heinrich Heldman
- Marcel Dalio — Sgt. Taite
- Norman Dupont — Lt. André Maupin
- Lawrence Dobkin — Major Maurice Bonet
- Patricia Blair — Gisele Bonet
- Lisa Montell — Jacqueline
- Victor Sen Yung — Lt. Thatch
- Alberto Morin — Maj. Riviere
- Maurice Marsac — Capt. LeRoy
Interesting facts
Jump into Hell is a 1955 war film directed by David Butler. The film stars Jacques Sernas and Kurt Kasznar. As the first Hollywood film based on the war in French Indochina, the story is a fictionalized account of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Production
Principal photography for Jump into Hell began on September 23, 1954, and lasted until late October. Battle scenes were shot at the Janes Ranch in Conejo, California. Additional battle scenes combined Warner-Pathé newsreel footage of the fall of Dien Bien Phu with live-action scenes.
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