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The brutal realities that faced every G.I. during World War II - Hell Is for Heroes
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Title: Hell Is for Heroes

Release Date: 26 Jun 1962

Runtime: 1h 30m

Genre: War

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.4 (118 votes)

Cast

  • Pvt. John Reese: Steve McQueen
  • Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby: Bobby Darin
  • Sgt. Bill Pike: Fess Parker
  • Sgt. Jim Larkin: Harry Guardino
  • Cpl. Frank Henshaw: James Coburn
  • Pvt. Stan Kolinsky: Mike Kellin
  • Capt. Roger Loomis: Joseph Hoover
  • Pvt. Joe Cumberly: Bill Mullikin
  • Supply Sgt. Frazer: L.Q. Jones
  • Monique Ouidel: Michele Montau
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