It's a pretty good war movie with a '50's sort of juvenile delinquent element to it. Steve McQueen is so hard boiled and nasty in this one you'd think he was made of nails with the misunderstood troublemaker but good soldier act. The supporting cast was much better with vets like Harry Guardino, Fess Parker and a punky Bobby Darin. Bob Newhart was hilarious with his party line skit as a clueless Army clerk getting thrust into the front line. The action sequences are pretty good except when Seigel spliced in some stock footage of German 37mm flak guns firing at aircraft at night when all the action was on the ground. Because of Siegel's and McQueen's cult status, it got a lot of second looks but it's no better than a 7!
Review of Hell Is for Heroes
