Fixed Bayonets (1951)
Release Date: Dec 1, 1951 Limited
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To filmmaker and war veteran Samuel Fuller, war is about survival. You either kill or be killed. His combat films are not about politics, adventure, or home. They are about killing and staying alive. Fixed Bayonets, Fuller's second study of the Korean War, focuses on a neophyte corporal, Denno (Richard Basehart), who is afraid to take a life. When his division is forced down Korea's snowbound mountains, Denno's unit stays behind to cover its retreat. Entrenched in an icy cave, Denno watches his
Dec 1, 1951 Limited
Apr 24, 2007
20th Century Fox
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Cast
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Richard Basehart
Corporal Denno -
Gene Evans
Sgt. Rock -
Michael O'Shea
Sgt. Lonergan -
Richard Hylton
Wheeler -
Craig Hill
Lieutenant Gibbs -
Skip Homeier
Whitey -
Henry Kulky
Vogl -
Paul Richards
Ramirez -
Don Orlando
Borcellino -
Neyle Morrow
Medic -
Mel Pogue
Bulcheck -
George Conrad
Zablocki -
Buddy Thorpe
Husky Doggie -
Wyott Ordung
Fitz -
James Dean
GI -
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Pat Hogan
Jonesy -
Richard Monahan
Walowicz
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Masterful
The grunts 'talk the talk' and the action sequences are bloody good.
Fuller's action sequences were one of a kind, getting close to the fray and moving quickly, but never more quickly than the eye can follow.
Fixed Bayonets! isn't the most hyperbolic film in Samuel Fuller's catalog, but it earns the exclamation point.
If the film has endured it's because of a few aspects particular to Fuller's career, which began not in film but in yellow journalism and pulp writing.
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