Thursday, March 9, 2023

THE HILL (1965)
























Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Based on the stage play by: Ray Rigby
Starring: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis, Ian Hendry, Alfred Lynch, Roy Kinnear, Michael Redgrave, Jack Watson, Norman Bird, Neil McCarthy, Howard Goorney, Tony Caunter

123 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
World War II, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert, prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams, who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. Harris is a more human and compassionate guard, but the chief, R.S.M. Wilson, refuses to disown his subordinate Williams. One day, five new prisoners arrive. Each of them will deal in a different way with the authority and Williams' ferocity.

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