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The Steel Helmet (1950)

Director: Samuel Fuller

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A characteristically hard-hitting war movie from Fuller, charting the fortunes of Gene Evans' Sergeant Zack, sole survivor of a PoW massacre in Korea. Saved by a Korean orphan and joining up with other GIs cut off from their units, Evans' cynical veteran embodies the writer-director's abiding thesis that, to survive the madness of war, a ruthless individualism is necessary. Fuller glamorises neither his loner protagonist nor the war itself: if he clearly supports the US presence in Korea, battle is still a chaotic, deadly affair, and nobody has much idea of why they fight. The action scenes are terrific, belying the movie's very low budget.

Author: GA 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Director: Samuel Fuller

Producer: Samuel Fuller

Cast: Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Richard Loo, Steve Brodie, James Edwards, Sid Melton, Richard Monahan full cast

Genre(s): War

Duration: 84 mins


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