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Overview

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7.7/10   839 votes
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Director:
Samuel Fuller
Writer:
Samuel Fuller (writer)
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Release Date:
2 February 1951 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Tagline:
It's the REAL Korean Story! more
Plot:
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Grim story of an infantry patrol held up in a Buddhist temple more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Gene Evans ... Sgt. Zack
Robert Hutton ... Pvt. Bronte
Steve Brodie ... Lt. Driscoll
James Edwards ... Cpl. Thompson
Richard Loo ... Sgt. Tanaka
Sid Melton ... Joe
Richard Monahan ... Pvt. Baldy
William Chun ... Short Round
Harold Fong ... The Red
Neyle Morrow ... First GI
Lynn Stalmaster ... Second Lieutenant
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Additional Details

Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
Filmed in 10 days only six months into the war, "The Steel Helmet" became the first Korean War movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The stock archival footage showing the positions of the Communist troops that are being shelled alternate between flat farmland and mountainous country. more
Quotes:
Sergeant Zack: Dead man's nothin' but a corpse. No one cares what he is now. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Slanted Screen (2006) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Grim story of an infantry patrol held up in a Buddhist temple, 18 October 1998
Author: bux from Tecumseh ok

An early directorial effort by Samuel Fuller, this is one of the first movies made about the Korean War. Evans is magnificent as the hard-boiled, grizzeled Sergeant Zack. It is obvious that this is a low budget movie, but the superior supporting cast, Fuller's direction, and a good story-line manage to overcome these shortfalls. Considered one of the best to come from the Lippert organization.

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