

Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
This is the living hell for heroes
★ 6.5 / 10 · 140 votes on TMDB
Directed by Don Siegel
What it's about
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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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
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