
Steve McQueen
Pvt. John Reese
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Synopsis
“This is the living hell for heroes”
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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Hell Is for Heroes was released in 1962.
Hell Is for Heroes has a runtime of 1h 30m.
Hell Is for Heroes is classified as Drama, War.
Hell Is for Heroes is rated NR.