Hell Is for HeroesMark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | drama, military |
Year | 1962 |
Country | USA |
Premiere | |
Budget | $2 500 000 |
Box | in world | $0 | USA | $0 | In other countries | $0 |
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Duration | 01:30 |
Storyline
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.