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'Five for Hell' (, also known as 'Five Into 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' (1967).p. 169

Hughes, Howard 'When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II' Bloomsbury Publishing, 30 Jan 2012


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-Obersturmbannfhrer Hans Mller

* Aldo Canti - Nick Amadori (as Nick Jordan)

* 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




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