Five for Hell
1969 film by Gianfranco Parolini
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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]
Gianfranco Parolini
Aldo Addobbati
| Five for Hell (Cinque per l'inferno) | |
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| Directed by | Frank Kramer |
| Screenplay by | Renato Izzo Gianfranco Parolini |
| Story by | Sergio Garrone |
| Produced by | Paolo Moffa Aldo Addobbati |
| Starring | John Garko Margaret Lee Klaus Kinski Nick Jordan Sal Borgese Luciano Rossi Sam Burke |
| Cinematography | Sandro Mancori |
| Edited by | Giuseppe Bellecca Uncredited: Gianfranco Parolini |
| Music by | Vasili Kojucharov Elsio Mancuso |
Production companies | Società Ambrosiana Cinematografica (SAC) Filmstar |
| Distributed by | Paris Etoile Film |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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
- 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)
