The Steel Helmet (1951)
Directed by Samuel Fuller
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
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It’s important to separate the men described in his book from their depiction in movies like Lone Survivor, which is crudely written, rife with clichés, and leaves out anything that would transform a piece of propaganda into a work of art akin to Samuel Fuller’s The Steel Helmet, Brian DePalma’s Casualties of War, or Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan.
…and in their gruff, cynical CO who seems the lost cousin of Gene Evans’ Sergeant Zack in The Steel Helmet.)
But its story is cast in the mold of the classic wartime epics of the '40s and '50s ("A Walk in the Sun," "Attack!" "The Steel Helmet") -- one more tale of a small, tight-knit unit on a dangerous, character-revealing mission.