---
title: 'The Hill (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sidney Lumet'
released: '1965-05-22'
runtime_minutes: 123
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hill-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059274/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hill (1965)

1965 · 123 min · Drama · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Hill is a 1965 British prison drama war film directed by Sidney Lumet and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It depicts the physical and psychological power struggles of a British military prison in North Africa, near the end of the Second World War. The title refers to a large mound prisoners are made to climb, repeatedly. The film stars Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis, Ian Hendry, Alfred Lynch, Roy Kinnear and Michael Redgrave.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sidney Lumet](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lumet)
- **Screenplay:** [R. S. Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-s-allen), [Ray Rigby](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-rigby)
- **Producer:** [Kenneth Hyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-hyman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oswald Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-morris)
- **Editor:** [Thelma Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/thelma-connell)

## Cast

- [Joachim Nottke](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-nottke)
- [Howard Goorney](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-goorney)
- [Norman Bird](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-bird)
- [Joachim Ansorge](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-ansorge)
- [Arnold Marquis](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-marquis)
- [Alfred Lind](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-lind)
- [Otto Czarski](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-czarski)
- [Michael Chevalier](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-chevalier)
- [Roy Kinnear](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-kinnear)
- [Jack Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-watson)
- [Harry Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-andrews)
- [Sean Connery](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-connery)
- [Gert Günther Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-gunther-hoffmann)
- [Ian Bannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-bannen)
- [Neil McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-mccarthy)

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