The Hill
1965, Film, 123 min, Drama, War, English, United States, MoviePedia score 74
They went up like men! They came down like animals!
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Cast
- Sean Connery as Joe Roberts
- Harry Andrews as R.S.M. Wilson
- Ian Bannen as Harris
- Alfred Lynch as George Stevens
- Ossie Davis as Jacko King
- Roy Kinnear as Monty Bartlett
- Jack Watson as Jock McGrath
- Ian Hendry as Staff Sergeant Williams
- Michael Redgrave as The Medical Officer
- Norman Bird as Commandant
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