The Hill (1965) [NR]

Release Date:
June 17, 1965

Original Title:
The Hill

Alternate Titles:
La Colline des hommes perdus
La colina de los hombres perdidos

Genres:
Drama | War

Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
Seven Arts Productions

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 16  AU: MA 15+  BR: 16  GB: 12  HU: KN  US: NR 

Runtime: 123

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.

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Art Direction:
Herbert Smith
Herbert Smith

Assistant Director:
Pedro Vidal
Frank Ernst

Associate Producer:
Raymond Anzarut

Camera Operator:
Brian West

Continuity:
Lee Turner

Director:
Sidney Lumet

Director of Photography:
Oswald Morris

Editor:
Thelma Connell

Makeup Artist:
George Partleton

Producer:
Kenneth Hyman

Production Manager:
Clifton Brandon

Recording Supervision:
A.W. Watkins

Screenplay:
Ray Rigby

Sound Editor:
Peter Musgrave

Sound Mixer:
Fred Turtle

Sound Recordist:
David Bowen

Technical Advisor:
George Montford

Theatre Play:
Ray Rigby
R.S. Allen

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Elsa Fennell

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