Rent Hell Is for Heroes (1962)

3.5 of 5 from 61 ratings
1h 26min
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Synopsis:
Young stars Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, Nick Adams and Bob Newhart play a hopelessly out-numbered army squad in Hell Is For Heroes, a taut, explosive war film directed by Don Siegel. It's autumn 1944, and Nazi forces along the Siegfried Line have the numbers, the fortifications and the firepower to break through. And a handful of GIs have little more that a dogged determination, and the ingenuity, to fool the Germans into thinking they represent a great Allied Task Force. But can they make the ruse last until reinforcements finally arrive?
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Directors:
Writers:
Richard Carr, Robert Pirosh
Studio:
Paramount
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
Collections:
All the Twos: 1902-62, A Brief History of Film...
BBFC:
Release Date:
13/10/2003
Run Time:
86 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, French Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, German Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
B & W

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Surprisingly Gritty Combat Film - Hell Is for Heroes review by GI

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28/01/2023

For its time this is a very gritty Second World War combat film with none of the usual 'Boys Own' adventure storylines but a story of battle hardened soldiers facing insurmountable odds. It's clearly a star vehicle for Steve McQueen although his character of Reese is a deeply flawed and unlikeable one probably matching McQueen's renowned difficult personality. Set in France in 1944 is follows a battle weary American squad, hoping for a well earned leave, but sent back on the line where they are expected to hold a large section with only a few men. A new squad member, Reese, is a sullen, unfriendly soldier who is obviously highly experienced and ultimately leads the attack on a German pillbox. There's a great support cast of Harry Guardino, Fess Parker, James Coburn and the singer Bobby Darin although the addition of comedian Bob Newhart is a misfire. A good solid war film, B movie in structure but now a film from director Don Siegel that has attained cult status. Well worth seeking out if you've not seen it.

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