Hell Is 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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  Don Siegel
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  William McGarry
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  James A. Rosenberger

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  Steve McQueen
  Pvt. John Reese
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  Bobby Darin
  Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
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  Fess Parker
  Sgt. Bill Pike
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  Harry Guardino
  Sgt. Jim Larkin
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  James Coburn
  Cpl. Frank Henshaw
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  Mike Kellin
  Pvt. Stan Kolinsky
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  Joseph Hoover
  Capt. Roger Loomis
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  Bill Mullikin
  Pvt. Joe Cumberly
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  L.Q. Jones
  Supply Sgt. Frazer
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  Michele Montau
  Monique Ouidel
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  Don Haggerty
  Capt. Mace
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  Nick Adams
  Homer Janeczek
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  Bob Newhart
  Pvt. James E. Driscoll
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  Stephen Ferry
  Sgt. Morgan
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  Simon Prescott
  Thomas
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  Robert Phillips
  Jeep driver
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  Richard Adams
  Sergeant (uncredited)
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  Guy Way
  Sergeant (uncredited)
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  Fred Cavens
  Old Man (uncredited)
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  Louis J. Gasnier
  Old Man (uncredited)