Five for Hell
Five for Hell is a 1969 Italian "macaroni combat" war film starring John Garko, Margaret Lee and Klaus Kinski. Italian cinema specialist Howard Hughes referred to it as a derivative of The Dirty Dozen.
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
- 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
- Irio Fantini - Maj. Gen. Friedrich Gerbordstadt
- Biagio Gambini - Helga's Lover
- Mike Monty - Capt. Nixon
- Bill Vanders - American General