Hell Squad
“Hits Like Steel!”
Overview
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. This was Burt Topper's debut film, made on 16mm on weekends together with some friends in Indio, California. It was also Wally Campo's debut film, as well as script supervisor Joyce King's.
Budget
$11,500
Production Companies
Rhonda Productions, American International Pictures
Languages
English
Cast
Wally Campo
Private Russo
Brandon Carroll
Lt. Mas Schlechter
Fred Gavlin
Sergeant Clemens
Gregg Stewart
Private Nelson
Leon Schrier
Private Roth
Cecil Addis
Pvt. Lippy
Jack B. Sowards
German Lieutenant in American Uniform
Robert B. Williams
German in American Uniform
Ben Bigelow
HQ Radioman Calvin
Don Chambers
US Headquarters Captain
Larry Shuttleworth
Sgt. Collins
Dick Walsh
German Foxhole Machine Gunner
Robert Weston
Rescue Soldier with Picture
Gordon Edwards
Rescue Radioman, Pvt. Manson
Curtis Loser
German Radio Operator in American Uniform
