

The Hill
They went up like men! They came down like animals!
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.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- prison
- libya
- sadism
- africa
- world war ii
- heat
- british army
- sahara desert
- military prison
- punishment
- black and white
- torture
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR3 Oct 1965
- TV31 May 1972
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical17 Jun 1965
- Physical129 Jan 1998
AustraliaAU
- Digital / OTTMA 15+2 Apr 2024
BrazilBR
- Theatrical16IMDB25 Dec 1965
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival22 May 1965
- Theatrical11 Jun 1965
GermanyDE
- Theatrical167 Oct 1965
HungaryHU
- TheatricalKN18 Aug 1966
ItalyIT
- Theatrical8 Sept 1965
JapanJP
- Theatrical3 Jul 1965
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The Hill was released on 11 June 1965.
Audience reviews
1- J9/10
John Chard
11/15/2015
You're a clever bag of tricks, you are, Roberts. Hot and sweaty, bold and brutal, Sidney Lumet's The Hill is a tour de force of incarceration based cinema. Story has five new inmates sent to a North African based British Army Prison, the centre piece of which is a manufactured hill that is used as a punishment tool. The new recruits, headed by Joe Roberts (Sean Connery), quickly fall foul of the superiors, especia…
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