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.
Sean Connery
as Joe Roberts
Harry Andrews
as R.S.M. Wilson
Ian Bannen
as Harris
Alfred Lynch
as George Stevens
Ossie Davis
as Jacko King
Roy Kinnear
as Monty Bartlett
Jack Watson
as Jock McGrath
Ian Hendry
as Staff Sergeant Williams
Michael Redgrave
as The Medical Officer
Norman Bird
as Commandant
Neil McCarthy
as Burton
Howard Goorney
as Walters
