Plot
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.
Cast
Sean Connery
Joe Roberts
Harry Andrews
R.S.M. Wilson
Ian Bannen
Harris
Alfred Lynch
George Stevens
Ossie Davis
Jacko King
Roy Kinnear
Monty Bartlett
Jack Watson
Jock McGrath
Ian Hendry
Staff Sergeant Williams
Michael Redgrave
The Medical Officer
Norman Bird
Commandant
Neil McCarthy
Burton
Howard Goorney
Walters
Crew
Ray Rigby
Screenplay
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Sidney Lumet
Director
Kenneth Hyman
Producer
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