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.

• Seven Arts Productions
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
• Sean Connery
• Harry Andrews
• Ian Bannen
• Alfred Lynch
• Ossie Davis
• Roy Kinnear
• Jack Watson
• Ian Hendry