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| name = Hell Squad<br />
| image = Hellsqdpos.jpg<br />
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| caption =[[Film poster|Theatrical release poster]]<br/>by Albert Kallis<br />
| director = [[Burt Topper]]<br />
| producer = Burt Topper<br />
| writer = Burt Topper<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = Wally Campo<br/>Brandon Carroll<br />
| music =<br />
| cinematography = Erik Daarstad<br/>John Arthur Morrill<br />
| editing = Marvin Walowitz<br />
| studio = Rhonda Productions <ref name=AFI>[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=52581 AFI Database: ''Hell Squad''] Linked 2014-06-18</ref><br />
| distributor = [[American International Pictures|AIP]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|1958|07||USA <ref name=IMDbRelease>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182218/releaseinfo?ref_=ttfc_ql_2 IMDb: ''Hell Squad (1958)'' - Release Info] Linked 2014-06-18</ref>}}<br />
| runtime = 64 minutes<br />
| country = United States<br />
| language = English<br />
| budget = $11,500 <ref name=Farewell>[http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/reply/202915 The Classic Horror Film Board - Final Farewells, April 4, 2007: Interview with Burt Topper, made two weeks before his death] Relinked 2014-06-18</ref><br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Hell Squad''''' is a 1958 [[United States|American]] World War II film, produced, written and directed by [[Burt Topper]]. It was his very first film.<ref name=AFI/> [[American International Pictures|AIP]] originally released the film as a [[double feature]] with ''[[Tank Battalion (film)|Tank Battalion]]''.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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.<br />
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==Main cast==<br />
* Willy Campo as Private Russo<br />
* Brandon Carroll as German Officer<br />
* Fred Gavlin as Sergeant Clemens<br />
* Gregg Stewart as Private Nelson<br />
* Leon Schrier as Private Roth<br />
* Cecil Addis as Private Lippy<br />
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==Production and release==<br />
The film was shot in [[Indio, California]] in 1957 on 16mm. Shooting took six months and was done mostly on weekends. It cost Topper $11,500 to make.<ref name=Farewell/><ref name= Albright>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JJhb4abmZv4C&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=%22I+ran+into+Burt+Topper%22&source=bl&ots=5b_8rCDqOK&sig=keK-tAcY0AaRVDYBvvNRSJwmfU0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9IWhU5ncLtGw7AbL9IHoCQ&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22I%20ran%20into%20Burt%20Topper%22&f=false Brian Albright: ''Wild Beyond Belief!'' (McFarland, 2008) - Interview with Joyce King (pages 134-136)] Linked 2014-06-18</ref><br />
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The film was originally titled ''The Ground They Walk'', but was retitled ''Hell Squad'' when [[American International Pictures]] bought the cinema distribution rights.<ref name=Farewell/><br />
It was released in July 1958 as part of a [[double feature]] with the [[Korean War]] film ''[[Tank Battalion (film)|Tank Battalion]]''.<ref name=IMDbRelease/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{AFI film|52581|Hell Squad}}<br />
* {{IMDb title|0182218}}<br />
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{{Burt Topper}}<br />
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[[Category:1958 films]]<br />
[[Category:American International Pictures films]]<br />
[[Category:North African campaign films]]<br />
[[Category:1958 directorial debut films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Burt Topper]]<br />
[[Category:Films produced by Burt Topper]]<br />
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]<br />
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