Hell Squad (1958)
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.
Director: Burt Topper
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Wally Campo as Private Russo |
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Brandon Carroll as Lt. Mas Schlechter |
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Fred Gavlin as Sergeant Clemens |
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Gregg Stewart as Private Nelson |
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Leon Schrier as Private Roth |
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Cecil Addis as Pvt. Lippy |
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Jack B. Sowards as German Lieutenant in American Uniform |
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Robert B. Williams as German in American Uniform |
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Ben Bigelow as HQ Radioman Calvin |
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Don Chambers as US Headquarters Captain |
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Larry Shuttleworth as Sgt. Collins |
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Dick Walsh as German Foxhole Machine Gunner |
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Robert Weston as Rescue Soldier with Picture |
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Gordon Edwards as Rescue Radioman, Pvt. Manson |
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Curtis Loser as German Radio Operator in American Uniform |
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Jack N. Kramer as German with Watch in American Uniform |
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John Amos as German on Ridge in American Uniform |
| Directing | Burt Topper | Director |
| Production | Burt Topper | Producer |
| Writing | Burt Topper | Writer |
| Editing | Marvin Walowitz | Editor |
| Directing | Joyce King | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Erik Daarstad | Director of Photography |
| Camera | John Arthur Morrill | Director of Photography |
