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Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
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.
Updated May 11 2020
Cast
James Coburn
Peabody
L.Q. Jones
Supply Sgt. Frazer
Steve McQueen
Reese
Harry Guardino
Sgt. Larkin
Don Haggerty
Capt. Mace
Fess Parker
Sgt. Pike
Mike Kellin
Pvt. Kolinsky
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Crew
Howard A. Smith
Editor
Leonard Rosenman
Original Music Composer
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
Henry Blanke
Producer
Richard Parker
Special Effects
Don Siegel
Director
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