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Fixed Bayonets | 
 enlarge | Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea, Richard Hylton, Craig Hill
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Sales Rank: 25896
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2243284D
UPC: 024543432838
EAN: 0024543432838
ASIN: B000MGBLIC
Release Date: April 24, 2007
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Product Description
Samuel Fuller's compelling Korean War epic stars Richard Basehart as a U.S. Army corporal who must reluctantly assume command of his platoon when his superiors are picked off one by one during a mission in Korea's icy mountains, forcing him to come to grips with his fear over killing another man. Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea, Skip Homeier co-star; look quickly for James Dean in his (uncredited) feature film debut. 92 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.
Amazon.com
Not your typical star-studded or star-spangled war film, cult-fave director Samuel Fuller's Fixed Bayonets is a viscerally thrilling Korean War drama of one platoon's trial, and one corporal's baptism, under fire. Morale is high but the ammo is low for an American division hunkered down in the mountains of Korea. Certain massacre awaits if they retreat. To give "15,000 men a break," 48 "of our toughest combat men" are selected to stay behind and trick the "commies" into thinking the entire division is in place while the others escape safely across a river. Fixed Bayonets is raw and brutal in the best Fuller tradition. The backgrounds are obvious fakes, and the platoon members sport the usual war movie nicknames like Whitey, Rock, Jonesy, and "Mr. Belvedere" (he's the resident know-it-all). But all else has the authentic ring of reportage, as in a powerful scene when the men cluster together to rub their feet to ward off frostbite. Richard Basehart stars as Denno, who can "take an order, but can't give one" until his three superiors are knocked off one by one, leaving him in command. This rueful exchange--"They told me this was going to be a police action." "Why didn't they send the cops?"--is as close as Fuller gets to geopolitics. For war-movie buffs, he does deliver pounding and tense action sequences. In one harrowing scene, a medic must navigate a minefield to try and rescue a wounded sergeant and retrieve the only map to the field.. But he is resolutely unsentimental and more interested in the ravaged, human face of war. These are faces you will not soon forget (one of them, reportedly, belongs to James Dean, but this film is so gripping, one is hard-pressed to make the effort to try to spot him). --Donald Liebenson
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