Hell Is for Heroes
The brutal realities that faced every G.I. during World War II
90 mins
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.
Joseph Hoover
Capt. Roger Loomis
Stephen Ferry
Sgt. Morgan
Richard Adams
Sergeant (uncredited)
Guy Way
Sergeant (uncredited)
Fred Cavens
Old Man (uncredited)
Tipp McClure
German Prisoner (uncredited)
Fred Ross
Sergeant (uncredited)
Glenn Stensel
Medic (uncredited)
James Turley
Corporal (uncredited)
Robert Pirosh
Screenplay
Henry Blanke
Producer
Howard A. Smith
Editor
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Howard Richmond
Art Direction
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
Harold Lipstein
Director of Photography
Art Say
Still Photographer
William McGarry
Assistant Director
Philip Mitchell
Sound Recordist
John Wilkinson
Sound Recordist
Richard Carr
Screenplay
Robert Pirosh
Story
Gary Morris
Makeup Artist
James A. Rosenberger
Assistant Director
Gene Lauritzen
Construction Coordinator
Richard Parker
Special Effects Coordinator
Vince Deadrick Sr.
Stunts
Richard Elmore
Stunts
Fritz Ford
Stunt Double
David Perna
Stunts
Guy Way
Stunt Coordinator
Jesse Wayne
Stunts
Larry Bunker
Musician
Mahlon Clark
Musician
Bob DiVall
Musician
Norman Herzburg
Musician
William Kraft
Musician
Edgar Lustgarten
Musician
