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Hell Is for Heroes is a american film of genre Drama directed by Don Siegel released in USA on 26 june 1962 with Steve McQueen
Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 june 1962
Length 1h26
Directed by Don Siegel
OriginUSA
Themes Political films
Rating68%
Hell Is for Heroes is a 1962 American war film directed by Don Siegel and starring Steve McQueen. It tells the story of a squad of U.S. soldiers from the 95th Infantry Division who, in the fall of 1944, must hold off an entire German company for approximately 48 hours along the Siegfried Line until reinforcements reach them.
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Montigny, Meurthe-et-Moselle 1944: Squad leader Sergeant Larkin (Harry Guardino) and his men are taking a well-deserved rest behind the lines after conducting front-line combat operations for several weeks. Rumor has it the unit will be rotated state-side and the men are almost giddy in anticipation. During an interlude at a church and later at a tavern, the senior non-commissioned officer, Technical Sergeant Pike (Fess Parker), happens upon acquaintance John Reese (Steve McQueen), a former master sergeant, demoted to private, who walks about armed with a distinctive M3 submachine gun. Reese is the quintessential troubled loner, managing to alienate almost everyone in the squad right from the beginning. Unlike his jubilant comrades, the prospect of a long break from combat, perhaps the end of the war itself, renders Reese morose. The company commander, Captain Loomis (Joseph Hoover), is worried because Reese, although already having won a field citation, acts irresponsibly when there is no fighting, but Pike comments that he is a good soldier in combat.Actors
Steve McQueen
(John Reese)
Bobby Darin
(Pvt. J.J. Corby)
Fess Parker
(Sgt. Pike)
James Coburn
(Cpl. Henshaw)
Nick Adams
(Homer)
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