Five for Hell

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)
Spanish DVD cover
Directed byFrank Kramer
Produced byPaolo Moffa
Aldo Addobbati
Screenplay byRenato Izzo
Gianfranco Parolini
Story bySergio Garrone
StarringJohn Garko
Margaret Lee
Klaus Kinski
Music byElsio Mancuso
CinematographySandro Mancori
Edited byGiuseppe Bellecca
Uncredited:
Gianfranco Parolini
Production
company
Società Ambrosiana Cinematografica (SAC)
Filmstar
Distributed byParis Etoile Film
Release date
18 January 1969
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Summary

Gianni 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 movie introduced, as it was typical in spaghetti combat movies, 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

References

  1. "New York Times: Five for Hell". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
  2. p. 169 Hughes, Howard When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II Bloomsbury Publishing, 30 Jan 2012


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