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Hell Is for Heroes (1962) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: May 22, 2001
Budget $2,500,000
Running Time
1 hour, 30 minutes
Country USA
Studio Universal
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Other Titles
• Hell Is for Heroes
• Die ins Gras beißen (1962)
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Genre: War, Drama, World War II, Military, Deception
Tagline: Great new stars! Great new roles! Great new hit!
Plot: A perfect example of what critic Manny Farber once described as "termite art"--that which burrows under and gets inside its subject rather than indulging in rhetoric--HELL IS FOR HEROES stars Steve McQueen as the rebellious G.I. John Reese. In the fall of 1944, he's busted from staff sergeant back to private for drunkenness and is sent back to his former outfit, currently stationed near the Siegfried Line in Montigny. Reese's bitterness about his demotion isolates him from the rest of the squad, although they've observed his courage under fire in previous combat missions. When the unit is assigned to defend an area facing a German pillbox, Reese's skills become evident. He advises squad leader Sgt. Larkin (Harry Guardino) on a ruse that creates the illusion that their unit is much larger than it is, temporarily deflecting an attack. The squad has been ordered to simply hold their ground, but believing it's only a matter of time before the Germans discover that they've been deceived, Reese leads an attack on the pillbox. McQueen is excellent in this solid, realistic grunt's-eye-view of combat, which suggests that sociopaths make the best soldiers. James Coburn and Mike Kellin do fine work, and Bob Newhart is featured in a strangely anomalous comic turn.
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| Directed by |
Don Siegel
Dirty Harry, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Escape from Alcatraz |
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| Written by |
Richard Carr
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Robert Pirosh
A Day at the Races, Battleground, A Gathering of Eagles |
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| Cast |
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 | Fess Parker
Them!, Old Yeller, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier |
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 | Bob Newhart
In & Out, Elf, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde |
 | Bobby Darin
Come September, Captain Newman, M.D., State Fair | | Mike Kellin
Midnight Express, Sleepaway Camp, The Boston Strangler | |
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| Music By |
Leonard Rosenman
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Rebel Without a Cause, Barry Lyndon |
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