I'm not much for war films, but this is one of the best.
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10/29/09
The Steel Helmet (1951)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:12
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.7/10
Runtime: 84 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: In Korea, a wounded American soldier hooks up with a platoon trapped in a Buddhist temple. It only took Writer/Director Samuel Fuller three weeks to script and film this no-holds-barred look at the... [More]
Starring: Gene Evans, James Edwards, Harold Fong, Robert Hutton
Director: Samuel Fuller
Reviews for The Steel Helmet
1 - 14 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The first American film about the Korean War [and] one of the greatest war films ever made.
06/30/09
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07/22/08
Top CriticIt's cheap and nasty and honest and brutal; that is, a full-blooded Sam Fuller movie.
09/12/07
The Steel Helmet (1951) is a fever dream of the Korean War, entirely possessed of its own unique, inimitable rhythms.
08/17/07
The action scenes are terrific, belying the movie's very low budget.
06/24/06
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03/25/06
Top CriticNo review available.
06/17/05
Renegade director Sam Fuller created this hard boiled Korean War classic which seems like a Sgt. Rock comic come to life.
10/25/04
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
05/30/03
More gutsy war drama from Fuller.
05/24/03
Top Critic[Sam] Fuller's powerful direction turns a trite story into a vivid study of national and personal identity.
01/01/00
This low-budget film from Lippert Studios is probably the best film they ever made.
01/01/00
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