The Walls of Hell, also known as Intramuros, is a 1964 Philippine-American film directed by Eddie Romero and Gerardo de Leon and starring Jock Mahoney. The film was made back-to-back with Moro Witch Doctor (1964). It was produced by Hemisphere Pictures (owned by Eddie Romero, Irwin Pizor and Kane W. Lynn).
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Synopsis
In World War II during the Battle of Manila, fanatical Japanese soldiers fighting for their lives barricade themselves inside the walls of "Intramuros", the ancient Spanish walled city of Manila. The United States artillery is bombing them continuously, and the Japanese are holding thousands of innocent Filipino citizens hostage. An American reporter named Murray (Paul Edwards Jr.) arrives at the front where a guerrilla unit led by a Lt. Sorenson (Jock Mahoney) makes contact with a young Filipino guerilla named Nardo (Fernando Poe Jr.) who had escaped from Intramuros through a sewer tunnel. Nardo tells Sorenson that his wife is among the prisoners and that the sewer system can be used to rescue the hostages. As shells rain down on the walled city, the American forces invade the area. Sorenson is reunited with his wife, and the military forces its way into the burning city.
Cast
Jock Mahoney as Lt. Jim Sorenson
Fernando Poe Jr. as Sgt. Nardo Maglaya
Michael Parsons as Papa
Oscar Roncal as Joker
Paul Edwards Jr. as Murray
Ely Ramos Jr. as Jose
Fred Galang as Pedring
Vance Skarstedt as Maj. Briggs
Cecilia Lopez as Tina
Arsenio Alonzo
Claude Wilson as Major
Pedro Navarro
Carpi Asturias
Andres Centenera
Paquito Salcedo
Alex Swanbeck
Tommy Romulo
Willie Salcedo
Angel Buenaventura
George Kramer