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Hell Squad Directed by Burt Topper Written by Burt Topper Produced by Burt Topper Starring Wally Campo Cinematography Erik Daarstad Edited by Marvin Walowitz
Production
Rhonda Productions [2]
Distributed by AIP
Release date
July 1958 (1958-07 ) (USA [1]
Running time
64 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $11,500 [3]
Hell Squad American World War II film, produced, written and directed by Burt Topper . It was his very first film.[2] AIP originally released the film as a double feature with Tank Battalion
Plot
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During World War II , a squad of five American soldiers become lost in Tunisia and are killed one by one in fights with German units. Finally only one man, Private Russo, is left, in the midst of a mine field, together with a German officer, locked in a stalemate. Russo has water, while the German claims to have a map revealing the mine positions. So Russo agrees to swap water for the map, but the German officer tries to double-cross him.
Main cast
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Wally Campo as Private Russo
Brandon Carroll as German Officer
Fred Gavlin as Sergeant Clemens
Gregg Stewart as Private Nelson
Leon Schrier as Private Roth
Cecil Addis as Private Lippy
Production and release
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The film was shot in Indio, California in 1957 on 16mm. Shooting took six months and was done mostly on weekends. It cost Topper $11,500 to make.[3] [4]
The film was originally titled The Ground They Walk , but was retitled Hell Squad when American International Pictures bought the cinema distribution rights.[3] double feature with the Korean War film Tank Battalion [1]
References
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^ a b c The Classic Horror Film Board - Final Farewells, April 4, 2007: Interview with Burt Topper, made two weeks before his death Relinked 2014-06-18
^ Brian Albright: Wild Beyond Belief! (McFarland, 2008) - Interview with Joyce King (pages 134-136) Linked 2014-06-18
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