The Hill | Roberts is Beaten by Sergeant WIlliams | Warner Classics

Staff Sergeant Williams’ ambition is matched only by his cruel treatment of the prisoners; after Roberts (Sean Connery) openly accuses Williams of causing a death to a prisoner, Williams beats Roberts leading to a broken foot. R.S.M Wilson orders Roberts to march despite the injury, and despite the fact he knows Williams abuse led to it.

About The Hill (Theatrical Release – October 3, 1965):
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 man-made 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-in-arms.

Sean Connery headlines this stark tale of war inside military prison walls. The inmates are soldiers who once defied, rebelled, talked back. The wardens are sadists who perpetrate cruelty in the name of discipline.

The result is shattering as director “Sidney Lumet nails the action…into so taut a frame that an audience can feel every jab in the belly, taste every mouthful of dust” (TIME).

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