Overview

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.

Cast

Sean Connery

Joe Roberts

Harry Andrews

R.S.M. Wilson

Ian Bannen

Harris

Alfred Lynch

George Stevens

Ossie Davis

Jacko King

Roy Kinnear

Monty Bartlett

Jack Watson

Jock McGrath

Ian Hendry

Staff Sergeant Williams

Michael Redgrave

The Medical Officer

Norman Bird

Commandant

Neil McCarthy

Burton

Howard Goorney

Walters