Five British soldiers on charges are confined to a prison camp in Libya during the Second World War, where a sadistic sergeant subjects the inmates to cruel treatment. However, when one of the prisoners dies as a result, they seize an opportunity to bring their tormentor down. Drama, starring Sean Connery, Ian Hendry and Harry Andrews.

North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.