Classic Movie “Hell is For Heroes”
If you are a fan of WW2 movies you must have seen this classic movie from 1962. Steve McQueen plays kind of a dark, loner type of character which almost seems like what he always played. The movie had a great cast of actors aside from McQueen such as Bobby Darrin, James Coburn, Harry Guardino, Fess Parker, Nick Adams and Bob Newhart.
The story basically is that a company moves to cover another area and leaves behind a squad to cover a large section of the 1984 Fleer baseball on their own. They use some tricks to convince the Germans that there are more Americans on line than are really there. Bob Newhart plays as a bumbling kind of guy that they let do a twist on his famous telephone routine like he used for his standup routines.
McQueen’s character Reese was transferred to this unit on the day they received this assignment. Reese, although only a private takes over leadership, he even leads a raid on a German bunker to try and knock out the machine gun and looses one of the men in the process.
It’s filmed in black and white and is pretty realistic for 1962. A great cast of personalities and good action and some humor thanks to Bob Newhart. It was filmed on a budget but had a great script to work with and a great director. This is one of those war movies you do not want to miss, it’s a classic. I always watch it on the rare occasions it is on TV, you can find it on DVD.
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