Pros: McQueen, Parker, Supporting actors, Direction, Screenplay Cons: None I could see
Action firm director Don Siegel, later to be known for his collaboration with Clint Eastwood in "Dirty Harry", had a hit in his 1962 war movie "Hell is for Heroes."
Pros: McQueen is stone cold cool, Newhart is comedy, decent action Cons: thin script with an abrupt ending.
When I was a kid, my dad showed me my first World War Two film and I was hooked. I loved watching WW2 films so much that I made military models, played "Army" (we used dried mud balls as hand grenades) and watched every WW2 film I could. I learned ...
Pros: Bob Newhart's comic relief character actually says, "I'm the entertainment officer." Cons: Despite manipulating the formula of the genre, it is still a bit formulaic.
Hell is for Heroes is interesting without being interesting, which isn't nearly as paradoxical as it may sound. As a movie, it's a little better than unremarkable. As a historical document, however, it is extremely engaging--perhaps even...
Pros: Good story, told with mixture of serious and humorous events. Interesting cast of actors. Cons: Well, it's not as realistic as today's war movies, but it's also 40 years old
One of the presents I got for my birthday was the 1961 war movie Hell is For Heroes, which was directed by Don Siegel (Dirty Harry). I wanted it for two reasons. First, Robert Spiller, who teaches at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at...
Young stars Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, Nick Adams and Bob Newhart (in his film debut) play a hopelessly ou...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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