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The Steel Helmet is a 1951 American war film directed, written, and produced by Samuel Fuller during the Korean War. The cast stars Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards, and Richard Loo. It was the first American film about the war and the first of several war films by Fuller.
The Steel Helmet: Directed by Samuel Fuller. With Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards, Richard Loo. A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
Directed, written, and produced by Samuel Fuller.
Rescued and guided through the jungle by a friendly Korean orphan (William Chun), Zack runs into an African-American medic (James Edwards) and a platoon led by Lt. Driscoll (Steve Brodie), a...
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Despite its relatively low budget, this portrait of Korean War soldiers dealing with moral and racial identity crises remains one of the director's most gripping, realistic depictions of the blood and guts of war, as well as a reflection of Fuller's irreducible social conscience.
Sgt. Zack, a hard-bitten U.S. Army Infantryman battling Communist North Koreans in the Korean War, is the sole survivor of an enemy attack on his regiment. A bullet hole in Zack's helmet serves as a grim reminder that he narrowly escaped death.
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War. During the Korean War, after being wounded in a skirmish, strong battle-worn and cantankerous Sergeant Zack is rescued by a young orphaned South Korean boy.
