Film

Hell Is for Heroes

1962 · 1h 30m · Drama · War

This is the living hell for heroes

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

Metacritic

76

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.

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

• Don SiegelDirector
• Robert PiroshScreenplay · Story
• Richard CarrScreenplay
• Henry BlankeProducer
• Harold LipsteinDirector of Photography
• Leonard RosenmanOriginal Music Composer
• Howard A. SmithEditor

Hell Is for Heroes (1962) Original Trailer [HD]

Release date

June 26, 1962

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, War

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