Hell Is for Heroes 1962
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.
- Released: 1962-06-26
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Genre: War
- Stars: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn
- Director: Robert R. Benton, Henry Blanke, Hal Pereira, Richard Carr, Howard A. Smith
