The Steel Helmet

The Steel Helmet
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySamuel Fuller
Written bySamuel Fuller
Produced bySamuel Fuller
StarringGene Evans
Robert Hutton
Steve Brodie
James Edwards
Richard Loo
Sid Melton
CinematographyErnest Miller
Edited byPhilip Cahn
Music byPaul Dunlap
Production
company
Deputy Corporation
Distributed byLippert Pictures
Release dates
January 10, 1951 (Los Angeles)[1]
February 2, 1951 (wide release)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$104,000[2][3]
Box officeover $2 million[3]

The Steel Helmet is a 1951 American war film directed, written, and produced by Samuel Fuller during the Korean War. The cast stars Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards, and Richard Loo. It was the first American film about the war and the first of several war films by Fuller.

  1. ^ "The Steel Helmet – Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  2. ^ p. 26 Server, Lee Sam Fuller: Film is a Battleground 1994 McFarland
  3. ^ a b EZRA GOODMAN (Feb 28, 1965). "Low-Budget Movies With POW!: Most fans never heard of director Sam Fuller, but to some film buffs he has real class. Low-Budget Movies". The New York Times. p. SM42.