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The Hill

  • 7.8 /10

  • 217

  • 75%

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 as Joe Roberts
Sean Connery

as Joe Roberts

Harry Andrews as R.S.M. Wilson
Harry Andrews

as R.S.M. Wilson

Ian Bannen as Harris
Ian Bannen

as Harris

Alfred Lynch as George Stevens
Alfred Lynch

as George Stevens

Ossie Davis as Jacko King
Ossie Davis

as Jacko King

Roy Kinnear as Monty Bartlett
Roy Kinnear

as Monty Bartlett

Jack Watson as Jock McGrath
Jack Watson

as Jock McGrath

Ian Hendry as Staff Sergeant Williams
Ian Hendry

as Staff Sergeant Williams

Michael Redgrave as The Medical Officer
Michael Redgrave

as The Medical Officer

Norman Bird as Commandant
Norman Bird

as Commandant

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 17, 1965

Production Companies

  • Seven Arts Productions

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 2.05 hrs

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Reviews

You're a clever bag of tricks, you are, Roberts. Hot and sweaty, bold and brutal, Sidney Lumet's The Hill is a tour de force of incarceration based cinema. Story has five new inmates sent to a North African based British Army Prison, the centre piece of which is a manufactured hill that is used as a punishment tool. The new recruits, headed by Joe Roberts (Sean Connery), quickly fall foul of t…