---
title: 'Between Heaven and Hell (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Fleischer'
released: '1956-10-11'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/between-heaven-and-hell-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049004/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Between Heaven and Hell (1956)

1956 · 94 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

Between Heaven and Hell is a 1956 American Cinemascope war film based on the novel The Day the Century Ended by Francis Gwaltney that the film follows closely. The story is told in flashback format detailing the life of Sam Gifford from his life as a Southern landowner to his war service in the Philippines during World War II.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Fleischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-fleischer)
- **Screenplay:** [Harry Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-brown)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Friedhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-friedhofer)
- **Producer:** [David Weisbart](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-weisbart)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leo Tover](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-tover)
- **Editor:** [James B. Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-b-clark)

## Cast

- [Ray Montgomery](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-montgomery)
- [Robert Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-keith)
- [Skip Homeier](https://cinepixo.com/people/skip-homeier)
- [Robert Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wagner)
- [Frank Gorshin](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-gorshin)
- [Broderick Crawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/broderick-crawford)
- [Biff Elliot](https://cinepixo.com/people/biff-elliot)
- [Mark Damon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-damon)
- [L. Q. Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/l-q-jones)
- [Brad Dexter](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-dexter)
- [Harvey Lembeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-lembeck)
- [Buddy Ebsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/buddy-ebsen)
- [Terry Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-moore)

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