To the Shores of Hell

To the Shores of Hell is a 1966 Vietnam war film directed by Will Zens and starring Marshall Thompson, Richard Arlen, Dick O'Neill and Robert Dornan that was distributed by Crown International Pictures. Dornan may possibly have co-written the film as his Mother's maiden name was "McFadden".[1]

To the Shores of Hell
Directed byWill Zens
Produced byWill Zens
Written byRobert McFadden
Will Zens
StarringMarshall Thompson
Richard Arlen
Robert Dornan
Richard Jordahl
Distributed byCrown International Pictures
Release date
  • March 16, 1966 (1966-03-16)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Vietnamese

Plot and production

U.S. Marine Major Greg Donahue, newly arrived in Da Nang, South Vietnam hears that his physician brother Gary (Robert Dornan) has been captured by the Viet Cong. Donahue is accompanied by a Marine Sergeant (Bill Bierd), a French Priest (Richard Jordahl) and a Vietnamese guide (Jeff Pearl) to free his brother.

Master Sergeant William V. Bierd was a Marine veteran of World War II, China, Korea, and Vietnam. Besides playing Sgt Gabreski, Bierd was an uncredited technical advisor on the film as well as a technical advisor on Marine Corps uniforms to Gomer Pyle USMC.[2]

The US Marine Corps allowed Zens to film amphibious landing exercises at Camp Pendleton that appeared at the start of the film.[3] A Marine Corps HUS-1 helicopter was provided for the climax.

Toward the end of the movie, a radio operator said, "Loud and Clear, Miss Muffet, hold one", played by Gregory S. Morrison, a Marine Corps Private Second Class, from Camp Pendleton. When the movie played at the Northgate movie theater, adjacent to Texas A&M University, the marquee read "To the Shores of Hell - STARRING Gregory S. Morrison".

References
  1. http://www.bobdornan.com/bio.html
  2. http://www.leatherneckmagazine-digital.com/leatherneckmagazine/200807/?pg=52
  3. p.248 Suid, Laurence H. & Haverstick, Dolores A. Stars and Stripes On Screen 2005 Scarecrow Press


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