Aug 19th
The Hill**
(GB 1965)
In a British army military correction camp in the African desert, the arrival of a disgraced sergeant major causes his fellow rankers to go too far in their punishment.
Brutal prison drama transposed to a British army "glasshouse" setting from a slightly jaundiced perspective, a deliberate and refreshing change for its star and the cliche of the British stiff upper lip. What begins as a powerful character study power struggle descends into over-the-top shouting matches by the end, but proof - if proof were needed - that Sean Connery can act.
Written by: Ray Rigby, from his play.
Producer: Kenneth Hyman.
Director: Sidney Lumet.
Starring: Sean Connery, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Michael Redgrave, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch, Ossie Davis, Roy Kinnear, Jack Watson, Norman Bird, Neil McCarthy.
Photography: Oswald Morris.
Music: none.
Editing: Thelma Connell.
The Hill**
(GB 1965)
In a British army military correction camp in the African desert, the arrival of a disgraced sergeant major causes his fellow rankers to go too far in their punishment.
Brutal prison drama transposed to a British army "glasshouse" setting from a slightly jaundiced perspective, a deliberate and refreshing change for its star and the cliche of the British stiff upper lip. What begins as a powerful character study power struggle descends into over-the-top shouting matches by the end, but proof - if proof were needed - that Sean Connery can act.
Written by: Ray Rigby, from his play.
Producer: Kenneth Hyman.
Director: Sidney Lumet.
Starring: Sean Connery, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Michael Redgrave, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch, Ossie Davis, Roy Kinnear, Jack Watson, Norman Bird, Neil McCarthy.
Photography: Oswald Morris.
Music: none.
Editing: Thelma Connell.
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