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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.
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.
Filmed only six months into the Korean War, "The Steel Helmet" is consistent with Fuller's characteristic ripped-from-the-headlines panache, following a group of soldiers separated from their...
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Brief Synopsis. Americans trapped behind enemy lines fight off Communists during the Korean War.
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.
