Hell Is for Heroes (film)

Hell Is for Heroes
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDon Siegel
Written byRichard Carr & Robert Pirosh
Produced byHenry Blanke
StarringSteve McQueen
Bobby Darin
Fess Parker
James Coburn
Bob Newhart
Nick Adams
CinematographyHarold Lipstein
Edited byHoward A. Smith
Music byLeonard Rosenman
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 26, 1962 (1962-06-26)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.4 million (US/Canada)[1]

Hell Is for Heroes is a 1962 American war film directed by Don Siegel and starring Steve McQueen. It tells the story of a squad of U.S. soldiers from the 95th Infantry Division who, in the fall of 1944, must hold off an entire German company for approximately 48 hours along the Siegfried Line until reinforcements reach them.

  1. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. January 9, 1963. p. 13. Please note these are rentals and not gross figures