Hell Is for Heroes

Hell Is for Heroes

War · 1962 · 1h 30m

Movie

6.5/10 · TMDB

This is the living hell for heroes

Overview

World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.

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Cast & crew

Steve McQueenPvt. John Reese
Bobby DarinPvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
Fess ParkerSgt. Bill Pike
Harry GuardinoSgt. Jim Larkin
James CoburnCpl. Frank Henshaw
Mike KellinPvt. Stan Kolinsky
Joseph HooverCapt. Roger Loomis
Bill MullikinPvt. Joe Cumberly
L.Q. JonesSupply Sgt. Frazer
Michele MontauMonique Ouidel
Don HaggertyCapt. Mace
Nick AdamsHomer Janeczek
Bob NewhartPvt. James E. Driscoll
Stephen FerrySgt. Morgan
Simon PrescottThomas

Information

Release date
26 June 1962
Director
Don Siegel
Genres
War
Runtime
1h 30m
Country of origin
United States

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