Hell Is for Heroes

The story

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.

Cast

S Steve McQueenPvt. John Reese B Bobby DarinPvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby F Fess ParkerSgt. Bill Pike H Harry GuardinoSgt. Jim Larkin J James CoburnCpl. Frank Henshaw M Mike KellinPvt. Stan Kolinsky J Joseph HooverCapt. Roger Loomis B Bill MullikinPvt. Joe Cumberly L L.Q. JonesSupply Sgt. Frazer M Michele MontauMonique Ouidel D Don HaggertyCapt. Mace N Nick AdamsHomer Janeczek

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B Bob NewhartPvt. James E. Driscoll S Stephen FerrySgt. Morgan S Simon PrescottThomas R Robert PhillipsJeep driver R Richard AdamsSergeant (uncredited) G Guy WaySergeant (uncredited) F Fred CavensOld Man (uncredited) L Louis J. GasnierOld Man (uncredited) C Chuck HicksWounded Prisoner (uncredited) T Tipp McClureGerman Prisoner (uncredited) F Fred RossSergeant (uncredited) G Glenn StenselMedic (uncredited) J James TurleyCorporal (uncredited)