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Hell Is for Heroes
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.
1962 · Directed by Don Siegel · 90 min · Drama · War · 9 frames
Tagline
This is the living hell for heroes
Crew
- Screenplay: Robert Pirosh, Richard Carr
- Cinematography: Harold Lipstein
- Edited by: Howard A. Smith
- Music: Leonard Rosenman
- Produced by: Henry Blanke
Cast
- Steve McQueen as Pvt. John Reese
- Bobby Darin as Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
- Fess Parker as Sgt. Bill Pike
- Harry Guardino as Sgt. Jim Larkin
- James Coburn as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
- Mike Kellin as Pvt. Stan Kolinsky
- Joseph Hoover as Capt. Roger Loomis
- Bill Mullikin as Pvt. Joe Cumberly
- L.Q. Jones as Supply Sgt. Frazer
- Michele Montau as Monique Ouidel
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: German, Polish, English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Themes: france, nazi, germany, world war ii, infantry, us army, europe
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