Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1965-06-17) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 6 nominations total |
| Screen: | Ray Rigby, R.S. Allen |
| Productions: | Seven Arts Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 738: Sean Connery - Joe Roberts
- 19463: Harry Andrews - R.S.M. Wilson
- 2481: Ian Bannen - Harris
- 87417: Alfred Lynch - George Stevens
- 15531: Ossie Davis - Jacko King
- 3463: Roy Kinnear - Monty Bartlett
- 47549: Jack Watson - Jock McGrath
Crews
- 39996: Sidney Lumet - Director - Directing
- 10339: Oswald Morris - Director of Photography - Camera
- 115600: Ray Rigby - Screenplay - Writing
- 115600: Ray Rigby - Theatre Play - Writing
- 129308: R.S. Allen - Theatre Play - Writing
- 35839: Thelma Connell - Editor - Editing
- 21779: Kenneth Hyman - Producer - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
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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 hil ....
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