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The Steel Helmet marked Samuel Fuller's official arrival as a mighty cinematic force. 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. So controversial were the film's comments on domestic and war crimes (American bigotry, the Japanese-American WWII internment camps) that Fuller became the target of an FBI investigation.
Original Release
01/24/1951
US Release
01/24/1951
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Hutton | Pvt. Bronte / Private Bronte |
Steve Brodie | Lt. Driscoll / Lieutenant Driscoll |
James Edwards | Cpl. Thompson / Corporal Thompson |
Richard Loo | Sgt. Tanaka / Sergeant Tanaka |
Sid Melton | Joe |
Richard Monahan | Pvt. Baldy / Private Baldy |
William Chun | Short Round |
Harold Fong | The Red |
Neyle Morrow | First GI |
Gene Evans | Sergeant Zack / Zack |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Hutton | Pvt. Bronte / Private Bronte |
Steve Brodie | Lt. Driscoll / Lieutenant Driscoll |
James Edwards | Cpl. Thompson / Corporal Thompson |
Richard Loo | Sgt. Tanaka / Sergeant Tanaka |
Sid Melton | Joe |
Richard Monahan | Pvt. Baldy / Private Baldy |
William Chun | Short Round |
Harold Fong | The Red |
Neyle Morrow | First GI |
Gene Evans | Sergeant Zack / Zack |
Lynn Stalmaster | Second Lieutenant |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert L. Lippert | Executive Producer |
Samuel Fuller | Producer |
William Berke | Producer |
Murray Lerner | Producer |
Robert L. Lippert | Producer |