# To the Shores of Hell

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{{short description|1966 film by Will Zens}}
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{{Infobox film 
| name  = To the Shores of Hell
| image = ShoresofHell.jpg
| caption = Original [film poster](/source/film_poster)
| director = [Will Zens](/source/Will_Zens)
| producer = [Will Zens](/source/Will_Zens)<br />Robert Patrick
| writer = Robert McFadden<br />[Will Zens](/source/Will_Zens)
| starring = [Marshall Thompson](/source/Marshall_Thompson)<br />[Richard Arlen](/source/Richard_Arlen)<br />[Robert Dornan](/source/Robert_Dornan)
| music = William A. Schaefer
| cinematography = Leif Rise 
| editing =
| distributor = [Crown International Pictures](/source/Crown_International_Pictures)
| released = {{Film date|1966|03|16}}
| runtime = 82 minutes
| country = United States
| language = [English](/source/English_language)<br />[Vietnamese](/source/Vietnamese_language)
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''To the Shores of Hell''''' is a [1966](/source/1966_in_film) [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War) film shot in [Technicolor](/source/Technicolor) and [Techniscope](/source/Techniscope) that was directed by [Will Zens](/source/Will_Zens) and starring [Marshall Thompson](/source/Marshall_Thompson), [Richard Arlen](/source/Richard_Arlen), [Dick O'Neill](/source/Dick_O'Neill) and [Robert Dornan](/source/Robert_Dornan) that was distributed by [Crown International Pictures](/source/Crown_International_Pictures).  Dornan may possibly have co-written the film as his mother's maiden name was "McFadden".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bobdornan.com/bio.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981205071533/http://www.bobdornan.com/bio.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 5, 1998|title=Biography}}</ref>

==Plot== 
After observing war game manoeuvers as a referee, [U.S. Marine](/source/U.S._Marine) [Major](/source/Major_(rank)) Greg Donahue is posted to [Da Nang](/source/Da_Nang), [South Vietnam](/source/South_Vietnam) for his second tour of duty. He hears that his physician brother Gary has been seen alive in the area after being captured by the [Viet Cong](/source/Viet_Cong). Donahue is accompanied by a Marine Sergeant, an American Priest who was formerly an Army chaplain in the [Korean War](/source/Korean_War) and a Vietnamese guide to free his brother.

==Cast==
*[Marshall Thompson](/source/Marshall_Thompson) as Maj. Greg Donahue
*[Richard Arlen](/source/Richard_Arlen) as Brig. Gen. F.W. Ramsgate
*[Robert Dornan](/source/Robert_Dornan) as Dr. Gary Donahue
* Bill Bierd  as Gunnery Sgt. Bill Gabreski
* Richard Jordahl as Father Jack Bourget
* Kiva Lawrence as Mary
* Freeman Lusk as Capt. Lusk
*[Dick O'Neill](/source/Dick_O'Neill) as Maj. Fred Howard
* Jeff Pearl as Mick Phin
* Marvin Yim as Maj. Toang

==Production==

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](/source/technical_advisor) on the film as well as a technical advisor on Marine Corps uniforms to ''[Gomer Pyle USMC](/source/Gomer_Pyle_USMC)''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.leatherneckmagazine-digital.com/leatherneckmagazine/200807/?pg=52 | title=LNM News - Latest World News 24/7 }}</ref>

The US Marine Corps allowed Zens to film [amphibious landing](/source/amphibious_landing) exercises at [Camp Pendleton](/source/Camp_Pendleton) that appeared at the start of the film.<ref>p.248 Suid, Laurence H. & Haverstick, Dolores A. ''Stars and Stripes On Screen'' 2005 Scarecrow Press</ref> A Marine Corps [HUS-1](/source/HUS-1) [helicopter](/source/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 (Note: The USMC does not have a Private Second Class. It should read Private First Class). 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==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0061099}}

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Category:Vietnam War films
Category:1966 films
Category:Crown International Pictures films
Category:Films about the United States Marine Corps
Category:Films set in Da Nang

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