Hell Is for Heroes
The brutal realities that faced every G.I. during World War II
1962 en 90 minutes
Rating: 6.432
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast
Steve McQueen
John Reese
Bobby Darin
Pvt. J.J. Corby
Fess Parker
Sgt. Pike
Harry Guardino
Sgt. Larkin
James Coburn
Cpl. Henshaw
Mike Kellin
Pvt. Kolinsky
Joseph Hoover
Capt. Loomis
Bill Mullikin
Pvt. Cumberly
L.Q. Jones
Supply Sgt. Frazer
Michele Montau
Monique Ouidel
Don Haggerty
Capt. Mace
Nick Adams
Homer
Bob Newhart
James E. Driscoll
Stephen Ferry
Sgt. Morgan
Simon Prescott
Thomas
Robert Phillips
Jeep driver
Richard Adams
Sergeant
Guy Way
Sergeant