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The Hill (Original title)
Date: 27 June 1965 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Sidney Lumet

Synopsis: A prison camp in the desert in the last war is dominated by a sadistic NCO. One man dies of exhaustion and he is exposed in spite of his efforts to kill one of those who fought him.

Genre:
War

Subjects:
World War II, North African Campaign, Military prisons
Releases
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Length: 11080 Feet

Credits (24)
©: Seven Arts Productions, Presents: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Seven Arts Productions, Producer: Kenneth Hyman, Production Manager: Clifton Brandon, Assistant Director: Frank Ernst, Assistant Director: Pedro Vidal, Continuity: Lee Turner, Screenplay: Ray Rigby, Original play: Ray Rigby, R.S. Allen, Director of Photography: Oswald Morris, Camera Operator: Brian West, Editor: Thelma Connell, Art Director: Herbert Smith, Wardrobe: Elsa Fennell, Make-up: George Partleton, Titles: Maurice Binder, Sound Recording: David Bowen, Sound: A.W. Watkins, [Post Sync]: Peter T. Davies, [Unit Publicist]: Geoffrey Freeman, Studio: MGM British Studios
Cast (13)
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 (Williams), Michael Redgrave (Medical Officer), Norman Bird (Commandant), Neil McCarthy (Burton), Howard Goorney (Walters), Tony Caunter (Martin)