After making his name as a global espionage phenomenon, Sean Connery took on a role that he felt was completely different to James Bond – a disgraced Sergeant Major who has been sent to a military prison with a cruel and sadistic reputation.

Set during the Second World War in the sweltering heat of the Libyan desert, the British military has set up a prison, which features an artificial hill that the prison officers use to torture the inmates by forcing them to climb it in the blazing sun. After one of the prisoners dies on the hill, a power struggle between the officers in charge of the prison begins…

Inspired by his time in military prison, screenplay writer Ray Rigby’s story is a harsh exposé of the extraordinary lengths humans will go to gain advantage over their fellow man.

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