Hell Is for Heroes
1962 · 6.5 TMDB · War
Synopsis
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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The cast
Steve McQueen (Pvt. John Reese) · Bobby Darin (Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby) · Fess Parker (Sgt. Bill Pike) · Harry Guardino (Sgt. Jim Larkin) · James Coburn (Cpl. Frank Henshaw) · Mike Kellin (Pvt. Stan Kolinsky) · Joseph Hoover (Capt. Roger Loomis) · Bill Mullikin (Pvt. Joe Cumberly) · L.Q. Jones (Supply Sgt. Frazer) · Michele Montau (Monique Ouidel) · Don Haggerty (Capt. Mace) · Nick Adams (Homer Janeczek)
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