Samuel Fuller directs Richard Basehart, Gene Evans and Michael O’Shea in this war thriller where a small rear guard of soldiers must hold off pursuing forces while their comrades make a retreat.

Cheap Korean War movie filmed on a sparse wintery white set. Tries to motor along to the internal monologues of a dozen or so doomed men. Their fears and ambitions. The final stand against an approaching tank is good solid action. James Dean is in a small role but I must have blinked during his screentime.

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Perfect Double Bill: The Steel Helmet (1951)

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