Hell Squad

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.

Date de sortie
1958-06-01
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (5)
Durée
1 h 4 min
Genres
Guerre
Réalisateur
Burt Topper

Distribution

Anecdotes

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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