Hell Is for Heroes (1962) | |
| Director(s) | Don Siegel |
| Producer(s) | Henry Blanke |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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Hell Is for Heroes (1962) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Don Siegel and produced by Henry Blanke.
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Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
By Beatrice on Nov 10, 2017 From Flickers in TimeHell Is for Heroes Directed by Don Siegel Written by Robert Pirosh and Richard Carr 1962/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental Platoon Sgt. Bill Pike: Sounds like a court martial board. Steve McQueen is the ultimate bad boy soldier in this low-budget combat drama. Everybody in a p... Read full article
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Homer:
Why you no like Homer?
Pvt. John Reese: You got no business up here. When the Krauts come, they'll capture you and pull your fingernails. Then you'll tell them everything they want to know.
Homer: No!
Cpl. Henshaw: We've got nothing but vacancies in this hotel.
Platoon Sgt. Bill Pike: [after the failed attempt on the pillbox] How close did you get?
Pvt. John Reese: Two hundred yards.
Platoon Sgt. Bill Pike: How'd it happen?
Pvt. John Reese: Mine field.
Platoon Sgt. Bill Pike: Henshaw?
Pvt. John Reese: Yeah. He tripped a mine. He was carrying a torch. It lit up the whole countryside. Put us right on the block.
Platoon Sgt. Bill Pike: Were you right?
Pvt. John Reese: How the hell do I know?
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Pvt. John Reese: You got no business up here. When the Krauts come, they'll capture you and pull your fingernails. Then you'll tell them everything they want to know.
Homer: No!
Cpl. Henshaw: We've got nothing but vacancies in this hotel.
Platoon Sgt. Bill Pike: [after the failed attempt on the pillbox] How close did you get?
Pvt. John Reese: Two hundred yards.
Platoon Sgt. Bill Pike: How'd it happen?
Pvt. John Reese: Mine field.
Platoon Sgt. Bill Pike: Henshaw?
Pvt. John Reese: Yeah. He tripped a mine. He was carrying a torch. It lit up the whole countryside. Put us right on the block.
Platoon Sgt. Bill Pike: Were you right?
Pvt. John Reese: How the hell do I know?
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According to Bob Newhart's autobiography, 'I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This', Steve McQueen and Bobby Darin did not get along during filming. When stories of their feud appeared in the trade papers, the film's publicist was fired. But it was Nick Adams who leaked the story. According to Newhart, Adams felt so badly that he chased the publicist's departing plane yelling "I'm sorry!"
The shoulder patch worn by most of the soldiers in the platoon is that of the 95th Infantry Division, a real-life military unit (nicknamed "Iron Men of Metz") that saw action in the European Theater during World War II. Today, the 95th Division is an Army Reserve unit headquartered at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
According to the 'Variety Movie Guide', "Recollections of an actual and tightly classified incident near the dragon's teeth of the Siegfried Line during the dark days of World War II inspired the story by Robert Pirosh, . . . creative activator of the film who bowed out as its producer along the way."
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The shoulder patch worn by most of the soldiers in the platoon is that of the 95th Infantry Division, a real-life military unit (nicknamed "Iron Men of Metz") that saw action in the European Theater during World War II. Today, the 95th Division is an Army Reserve unit headquartered at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
According to the 'Variety Movie Guide', "Recollections of an actual and tightly classified incident near the dragon's teeth of the Siegfried Line during the dark days of World War II inspired the story by Robert Pirosh, . . . creative activator of the film who bowed out as its producer along the way."
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