Hell is for Heroes (1962) - Steve McQueen - Battle Sequence

[pavel343]

I'd like to see a clip of Bob Newhart doing his telephone routine from this movie. They know the Germans have bugged the cave, so he goes on a riff pretending to be on the phone to headquarters, begging them not to send more troops or amunition because they have too much already.

[bozo47p]

hell is for heroes ...the sand pebbles....the great escape...bullit...and even the blob ...all made in the sixties... great flicks man....seen steves grandson in pirrana 3D....looks almost like him...

[thestarsmydestinyy]

Steve McQueen, great tough actor. They dont make them like him anymore.

[monk22yrs]

the 16mm stock footage from ww2 looks different from the 35mm shot in california ? new stuff

[Bidil6]

RichardElden: please eat lots of shit. It will improve your smell! How could anyone say what you said about Steve McQueen. You must be lonely and a nerd.

[cosmicdingo]

Pretty much a textbook example of how to assault a fortified position.Except for the getting shot and blown up part.Gritty well done action war flick with great perfs all around, especially Bobby Darrin and Bob Newhart.

[FungusMossGnosis]

Good film by the way. Not my favorite Siegel by a long shot, but a solid B+, interesting cast, strong flick for the time. Strange to see Bob Newhart and others in this context. One of the top 3 or 4 McQueen performances.

[FungusMossGnosis]

Why all the homophobia and anti-Brit racism on this video?

All you macho American McQueen-ites with your man-crushes on the over-30-years-dead Mr. McCool are about as desperate-sounding a bunch of over-compensating mutterfudgers as I've seen since high school.

[lorrainewands]

@FungusMossGnosis would/could you translate that into English?

[goatboyful]

it used to make me sad, the end of this film. but i realized later that the end of the war would not have brought any solace to a troubled soldier like Reece, for all the men and women of the free-worlds armed forces, a heartfelt thank-you.

[alexaantonopoulos]

Someone needs to remake this movie with more Germans.

[mkeogh76]

This ranks as one of the most realistic and downbeat warmovies of the Hollywood studio era alongside 1949's "Battleground" and 1956's "Attack! Yes, compared to "Saving Private Ryan," "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" is appears corny and cheap, but by the standards of the time it was made it was a top-rate war movie.  It's still a great movie especially due the performance of former U.S. Marine Steve McQueen.

[VOGELBIRD123]

Pathetic! Some people think the war was really like this!!!

[infantryfilms2nd]

7:28 just watch haha

[uglyallover]

Hey pecker firth: what the hell is a rent boy?

[infantryfilms2nd]

this kind of reminds me of part 6 of the pacific, pelilieu airfield

[infantryfilms2nd]

great movie

[RonyMexico]

great film and rather graphic for a 60s movie, thanks for sharing, steve was the best

[LiquidCrystalEyes]

I've been reading Bob Newharts book and he mentions that the heat was unbearable on this shoot and he (Bob) was trying to get "offed" early in the movie so he could take on more lucrative offers that popped up for his comedy. Eventually the studio tired of the cost overruns and stopped sending the director film stock. So that is why this movie has an abrupt and "interpret your own way" ending.

[CrazySicily]

7:25 thats the fuckin way to go out.

[ratblisspiss]

Don Siegel is not underrated. Maybe you mean not as well known to the masses as he should be.

[bellcord]

Worst edited action sequence ever..only saved by perhaps the most stylish action figure of all time; Steve McQueen.....Theme of men being hooked on war fueled adrenalin was examined 50 years later in '' The Hurt Locker "..

[famapublica]

Damn internet, so far today I've read 'queens' from England talking shit about Audie Murphy, John Wayne and now Steve Mc Queen. Why don't you pommy poofters stick to Elton John video?.

[fluffy1931]

more 'willy p' on the bunker plz.

[oysterjoe]

Mcqueen was a notorious pain in the ass to work with. Unhappy with this film he dogged his way thru making it tough on everybody. A studio publicist noticed his attitude and remarked, within hearing of co-star Darin, that Mcqueen was "his own worst enemy". "Not while I'm still alive" said Mr. Darin.

[cosmicdingo]

Don Siegal is the master of the action cinema. He would later direct Dirty Harry.

[palotin07]

A squib in 1962!

[gjohnsoningary]

The first time I saw this movie(back in the 1980s) and its ending I was taken by its grittiness! Reese was definitely a tortured soul who only found peace in combat.

[PeterFirthFan]

A dated, low budget, boring old war flick with the fugly rent boy McQueen.

0/10.

[bbrannddX]

Peter Firth is an abominable actor, don't even COMPARE him to greats like Steve McQueen!

I can never forgive him for farking up the character of Mozart as some libertine idiot savant in that lousy film. Go play with your horsies.

[PeterFirthFan]

Actually taht was Tom Hulce. Peter Firth played Mozart on Broadway but not in the film version. Either way, he was far better than the cancer-ridden midget McQueer, who was only good at beating up Ali McGraw.

[bbrannddX]

Go lurk elsewhere, peter lover.

[PeterFirthFan]

I'm glad Steve died of cancer at only 50 - or was it AIDS?

[bbrannddX]

It's funny that a sexually conflicted Limey like yourself can only think up harping on McQueen's tragic death. Even his cancer cells had more MAN in them than have you and all your idols collectively!

[PeterFirthFan]

I thought the ex-rent boy died of AIDS?

[bbrannddX]

Just because all your friends did?

[alexaantonopoulos]

@PeterFirthFan He died of mesothelioma you limey prick!!!

[gjohnsoningary]

I first this movie in the 1980s. Even back in the 60s they made gritty well made non glorifying war films. This is one the best!!

[Banner1979]

Superb action movie, the way they used to do them back in the day. First saw this during the Xmas holidays in 2002 and thought McQueen was terrific. He played a ruthless anti-hero, Reese, but had some emotional depth as well.  No wonder he was the top '60s Hollywood action man, the same way Eastwood was in the '70s. :)

[maureencora1]

A former U.S.Marine Steve McQueen play it like a1945 Marine at Iwo Jima.

[fliflet0]

nice video,this is the most under rated war movie ever u have to watch it

[SuperRod88]

Unforgettable war movie. long time no see it!

[FilmTraum27]

Las guerras son terribles!Apesar de todo me miro los filmes de guerra!

[iDatus]

The end really isnt what the film is about and I would advise any to get and watch the whole film.

Shows u an small bunch of men left in the lurch to fend for them selves whilst the glory boys head off.

The men try and do the best they can to survive and what you see here is what happens then they come back.

Very good film and not what you expect.

Watch it.

[PhillipCreeper]

A great war movie! If you haven't seen be sure to not miss this one when you have a chance to see it.

[Karen56]

a very very good McQueen movie! Underated! A great cast!

[shagnastly2]

old Corbey suddenly got religious when Reese got killed

[Sturmmann]

lol thats one weak flamethrower, the Germans mustve been busy laughing at its sarcastic flame

[Jerseybob]

Best war time film ever!!!

[nappy511]

damn it must have been rough going up against that siegfried line...sum areas the positions were completely empty, but others they was nasty fighting goin on....anyway why iz it that old war movies r better than most new ones

[effeffess]

first wave hitting omaha beach must have seen alot more of hell.. 10% chance of surviving in the first wave... :/

[nappy511]

i never would have heard of this movie had it not ben for this vid...u know where to watch this movie off the internet, ne websites?

[chardtomp]

One of McQueen's best but lesser known performances. This movie was acutally made on a very low budget.

[axleofcool]

A fantastic ending to a fantastic movie.

[scandalousrogue]

A true classic- this was the Private Ryan of its day.

[zerohoredday]

bit like talking to a trickcyclist

[andyleftylefty]

One my favorites since I was a kid. I love the scene in the pillbox where Larkin is right up in Reese's face. You can cut the tension with a knife!

Or when Reese tricks the floozy barmaid into revealing she was a collaborator. Classic!

[fauxtoehead]

Splish Splash... Bobby Darin blew chunks.

McQueen is so much bigger then this film. i always fast forward to his parts... just the way he says "butcher knife" makes your blood run cold.

[PhillipCreeper]

Thanks for sharing this. A great movie and man those last 2 minutes are terrific.

[donoes]

One of my favorite movies of all time.

[derr115]

great movie-- i agree with your comments

[sgtmediamaker]

I loved that movie. GO HOMER!

[yuiyuizz]

great movies sad ending where steve mcqueen dies