L'Enfer est pour les Héros

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.

Release date

26 Jun 1962

Directed by

Don Siegel

Runtime

1h 30m

Original title

Hell Is for Heroes

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

JH

Joseph Hoover

Capt. Roger Loomis

Bill Mullikin

Pvt. Joe Cumberly

L.Q. Jones

Supply Sgt. Frazer

Michele Montau

Monique Ouidel

Don Haggerty

Capt. Mace

Nick Adams

Homer Janeczek