Released:
1962-06-26

Overview:
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.

Director:
Don Siegel

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
War

• Cast:
• 
  Steve McQueen
  as
  Pvt. John Reese
• 
  Bobby Darin
  as
  Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
• 
  Fess Parker
  as
  Sgt. Bill Pike
• 
  Harry Guardino
  as
  Sgt. Jim Larkin
• 
  James Coburn
  as
  Cpl. Frank Henshaw