The Hill is a 1965 film directed by Sidney Lumet, set in a British army prison in North Africa in World War II. It stars Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis, Ian Hendry, Alfred Lynch, Roy Kinnear and Michael Redgrave. In a British Army "glasshouse" in the Libyan Desert, prisoners convicted of service offences such as insubordination, being drunk whilst on duty, going AWOL or petty theft etc. are subjected to repetitive drill in the blazing desert heat. The arrival of five new prisoners slowly leads to a clash with the camp authorities. One new NCO guard who has also just... arrived employs excessive punishments, which include forcing the five newcomers to repeatedly climb a man-made hill in the centre of the camp. When one dies, a power struggle erupts between the camp's Medical Officer , the Regimental Sergeant Major Wilson , and a pair of brutal Staff Sergeants, Harris and Williams , as they attempt to shift blame.
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| Release date: | June 22, 1965 |
| Directed by: | Sidney Lumet |
| Runtime: | 123 Minutes |
| Producer: | Kenneth Hyman |
| Editor: | Thelma Connell |
| Cinematography: | Oswald Morris |
| Screenplay by: | Ray Rigby, R.S. Allen |
| Adapted from: | The Hill |