Five for Hell (Italian: Cinque per l'inferno, also known as Five Into Hell) is a 1969 Italian "macaroni combat" war film starring John Garko, Margaret Lee and Klaus Kinski.[1] Italian cinema specialist Howard Hughes referred to it as a derivative of The Dirty Dozen (1967).[2]
| Five for Hell (Cinque per l'inferno) | |
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| Directed by | Frank Kramer |
| Screenplay by | Renato Izzo Gianfranco Parolini |
| Story by | Sergio Garrone |
| Produced by | Paolo Moffa Aldo Addobbati |
| Starring | John Garko Margaret Lee Klaus Kinski Aldo Canti Sal Borgese Luciano Rossi Sam Burke |
| Cinematography | Sandro Mancori |
| Edited by | Giuseppe Bellecca Uncredited: Gianfranco Parolini |
| Music by | Vasili Kojucharov Elsio Mancuso |
Production companies | Società Ambrosiana Cinematografica (SAC) Filmstar |
| Distributed by | Paris Etoile Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Summary
editGianni Garko is a fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German's secret attack plans from a villa behind enemy lines, where they run into a brutal Nazi commander.
This film introduced, as it was typical in spaghetti combat films, a very particular and self parodic humour, using also elements inherited directly from the Spaghetti Western, such as the hero using eccentric and odd weaponry, such as an iron baseball.
Cast
edit- Gianni Garko - Lt. Glenn Hoffmann (as John Garko)
- Margaret Lee - Helga Richter
- Klaus Kinski - SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Müller
- Aldo Canti (credited as Nick Jordan)- Nick Amadori
- Sal Borgese - Al Siracusa
- Luciano Rossi - Johnny 'Chicken' White
- Samson Burke - Sgt. Sam McCarthy (as Sam Burke)
- Irio Fantini - Maj. Gen. Friedrich Gerbordstadt
- Biagio Gambini - Helga's Lover (uncredited)
- Mike Monty - Capt. Nixon (uncredited)
- Bill Vanders - American General (uncredited)
References
edit- ^ "New York Times: Five for Hell". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ p. 169 Hughes, Howard When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II Bloomsbury Publishing, 30 Jan 2012
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