The Hill

North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms. The Hill is a tour de force of incarceration based cinema, hot and sweaty, bold and brutal. It stars Sean Connery as Joe Roberts, Harry Andrews as R.S.M. Wilson, Ian Bannen as Harris, Alfred Lynch as George Stevens, and Ossie Davis as Jacko King.