
Hell Is for Heroes
The brutal realities that faced every G.I. during World War II
1962 en 90 minutes
Rating: 6.5
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
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

Bob Newhart
Pvt. James E. Driscoll

Stephen Ferry
Sgt. Morgan

Simon Prescott
Thomas

Robert Phillips
Jeep driver

Richard Adams
Sergeant (uncredited)

Guy Way
Sergeant (uncredited)

Fred Cavens
Old Man (uncredited)

Louis J. Gasnier
Old Man (uncredited)

Chuck Hicks
Wounded Prisoner (uncredited)

Tipp McClure
German Prisoner (uncredited)

Fred Ross
Sergeant (uncredited)

Glenn Stensel
Medic (uncredited)

James Turley
Corporal (uncredited)