Five for Hell

Five for Hell (Cinque per l'inferno)
Spanish DVD cover
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 Aldo Canti 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
Release date	18 January 1969 (1969-01-18)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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

1. "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.
2. p. 169 Hughes, Howard When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II Bloomsbury Publishing, 30 Jan 2012

External links

• Five for Hell at IMDb