Five Gates To Hell (1959)

Set in 1950 Indo China (now Vietnam). A French hospital is raided by a band of guerilla marauders led by a Eurasian war lord (Neville Brand), who takes two doctors, eight nurses and a nun hostage. They are taken to a jungle fortress where the doctors are forced to operate on a dying old man and the women turned over to the men as sex slaves. Written, produced and directed by James Clavell (author of SHOGUN) in his directorial debut. The first half of the movie is as sleazy as it sounds what with nuns crucified on trees and nurses raped but the second half is pretty good as the women escape the compound in a flight to freedom with the guerillas in pursuit. As the war lord, Neville Brand is pretty awful growling his lines in stilted pidgin English but the rest of the cast is very good as is the underscore by Paul Dunlap (THE NAKED KISS). With Dolores Michaels, Patricia Owens, Shirley Knight (in her film debut), Nancy Kulp, Nobu McCarthy, Ken Scott, Benson Fong, Irish McCalla and Greta Chi.