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The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.
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"This film is about a small group of soldiers who are given the unenviable task of slowing down the oncoming Korean/Chinese army in order to allow the rest of the army to bid a hasty retreat. It is assumed that few, if any, of these brave men will survive and it's all a matter of digging in and waiting for the inevitable. Writer/Director Sam Fuller was the first to make a Korean War film when he made STEEL HELMET. This film was made with a minuscule budget, yet was a terrific war film due to his excellent touch--along with acting of wonderful roguish actors, such as Gene Evans. Well, only..."
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According to Gene Evans, Samuel Fuller wanted to shoot a long line of tired, retreating soldiers, but on that particular day when there were a lot of action pictures being shot, virtually all the extras were otherwise engaged, so 200 chorus boys, who had just finished working on the Fox lot and were available, were pressed into service. In order to get them to march more realistically, according to Evans, Fuller got the craftspeople to outfit them with 50-pound weights to make them look more like tired, retreating soldiers.
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The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.