Hell in the Pacific
| Hell in the Pacific | |
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| Directed by | John Boorman |
| Written by | Reuben Bercovitch Alexander Jacobs Eric Bercovici |
| Produced by | Reuben Bercovitch |
| Starring | Lee Marvin Toshirō Mifune |
| Cinematography | Conrad Hall |
| Edited by | Thomas Stanford |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
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| Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Japanese |
| Budget | $4,150,000 |
| Box office | $3,230,000 |
Hell in the Pacific is a 1968 wartime survival film directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin and Toshirō Mifune, the only two actors in the film. Set in the Pacific War, it follows an American pilot and a Japanese naval officer who are stranded on the same uninhabited island. It is based on the importance of human contact and the bond that can form between enemies if they lack external influences.
The film was released theatrically in the United States on December 18, 1968. It received mixed but generally positive reviews but was a box-office bomb, earning $3.2 million on a $4.1 million budget.