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 the superiors,…
They went up like men! They came down like animals!
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.
Top 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
Tony Caunter
Martin
James Payne
Man in Prison (uncredited)
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What is The Hill about?
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…
When was The Hill released?
The Hill was released in 1965.
What genres does The Hill belong to?
The Hill is categorised as Drama, War.
Who stars in The Hill?
The cast of The Hill includes Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch, Ossie Davis.