Five for Hell

1969 film by Gianfranco Parolini

18 January 1969 (1969-01-18)

Running time

95 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

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]

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 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

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

^ "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