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Fixed Bayonets

Fixed Bayonets (1951)

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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

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Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Samuel Fuller, John Brophy

Apr 24, 2007

20th Century Fox

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All Critics (5) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (0) | DVD (1)

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September 6, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
CinePassion

The grunts 'talk the talk' and the action sequences are bloody good.

May 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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.

July 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Combustible Celluloid

Fixed Bayonets! isn't the most hyperbolic film in Samuel Fuller's catalog, but it earns the exclamation point.

May 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

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.

May 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

Audience Reviews for Fixed Bayonets

yup sam fuller's war movies from the 50s are better than anyone else's war movies from the 50s
January 20, 2013
rubystevens
Stella Dallas

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Another great war movie from the amazing Sam Fuller. I am ADDICTED to his editing. SOOOOOO awesome.
September 2, 2008
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