Hell Squad (1958)
During World War II, a squad of five American soldiers become lost in Tunisia and are killed one by one in fights with German units. Finally only one man, Private Russo, is left, in the midst of a mine field, together with a German officer, locked in a stalemate. Russo has water, while the German claims to have a map revealing the mine positions. So Russo agrees to swap water for the map, but the German officer tries to double-cross him. This was Burt Topper's debut film, made on 16mm on weekends together with some friends in Indio, California. It was also Wally Campo's debut film, as well as script supervisor Joyce King's.
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1958-06-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (5)
- Laufzeit
- 1 Std. 4 Min.
- Genres
- Kriegsfilm
- Regie
- Burt Topper
Besetzung
- Wally Campo — Private Russo
- Brandon Carroll — Lt. Mas Schlechter
- Fred Gavlin — Sergeant Clemens
- Gregg Stewart — Private Nelson
- Leon Schrier — Private Roth
- Cecil Addis — Pvt. Lippy
- Jack B. Sowards — German Lieutenant in American Uniform
- Robert B. Williams — German in American Uniform
- Ben Bigelow — HQ Radioman Calvin
- Don Chambers — US Headquarters Captain
- Larry Shuttleworth — Sgt. Collins
- Dick Walsh — German Foxhole Machine Gunner
Wissenswertes
Hell Squad is a 1958 American World War II film, produced, written and directed by Burt Topper. It was his very first film. AIP originally released the film as a double feature with Tank Battalion.
Production and release
The film was shot in Indio, California in 1957 on 16mm. Shooting took six months and was done mostly on weekends. It cost Topper $11,500 to make.
The film was originally titled The Ground They Walk, but was retitled Hell Squad when American International Pictures bought the cinema distribution rights.
It was released in July 1958 as part of a double feature with the Korean War film Tank Battalion.
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