Five for Hell (, also known as Five Into Hell) is a 1969 Italian "macaroni combat" war film starring John Garko, Margaret Lee and Klaus Kinski. Italian cinema specialist Howard Hughes referred to it as a derivative of The Dirty Dozen (1967).p. 169 Hughes, Howard When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II Bloomsbury Publishing, 30 Jan 2012
Summary Gianni Garko is a fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German's secret attack plans from a villa behind enemy lines, where they run into a brutal Nazi commander.
This film introduced, as it was typical in spaghetti combat films, a very particular and self parodic humour, using also elements inherited directly from the Spaghetti Western, such as the hero using eccentric and odd weaponry, such as an iron baseball.
Cast Gianni Garko - Lt. Glenn Hoffmann (as John Garko) Margaret Lee - Helga Richter Klaus Kinski - SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Müller Nick Jordan - Nick Amadori Sal Borgese - Al Siracusa Luciano Rossi - Johnny 'Chicken' White Samson Burke - Sgt. Sam McCarthy (as Sam Burke) Irio Fantini - Maj. Gen. Friedrich Gerbordstadt Biagio Gambini - Helga's Lover (uncredited) Mike Monty - Capt. Nixon (uncredited) Bill Vanders - American General (uncredited)
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