Hell Is for Heroes

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Steve McQueen

John Reese

Age : 50 | Popularity : 34%

Bobby Darin

Pvt. J.J. Corby

Age : 37 | Popularity : 7%

Fess Parker

Sgt. Pike

Age : 85 | Popularity : 7%

Harry Guardino

Sgt. Larkin

Age : 69 | Popularity : 9%

James Coburn

Cpl. Henshaw

Age : 74 | Popularity : 52%

Mike Kellin

Pvt. Kolinsky

Age : 61 | Popularity : 4%

Joseph Hoover

Capt. Loomis

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Bill Mullikin

Pvt. Cumberly

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Leonard Rosenman
	Sound Recordist	John Wilkinson Philip Mitchell
Editing	Editor	Howard A. Smith
Art	Art Direction	Hal Pereira Howard Richmond
	Set Decoration	Sam Comer Robert R. Benton
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Supervisor	Wally Westmore
Production	Producer	Henry Blanke
Crew	Special Effects	Richard Parker
	Stunt Double	Loren Janes
Directing	Director	Don Siegel
	Assistant Director	William McGarry
Writing	Writer	Richard Carr
	Screenplay	Robert Pirosh
Camera	Director of Photography	Harold Lipstein
	Still Photographer	Art Say
Visual Effects	Visual Effects	John P. Fulton
Department	Role	Name

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