The Steel Helmet: Difference between revisions
The Steel Helmet: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Steel Helmet: Difference between revisions
Throughout the film, US GIs carry the [[M1928A1 Thompson]] submachine gun.
Throughout the film, US GIs and Sgt. Zack ([[Gene Evans]]) carry the [[M1928A1 Thompson]] submachine gun.
[[Image:M1928-A1_T.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:M1928-A1_T.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP]]
[[Image:helmet24_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Note the bolt actuator on top of the receiver.]]
[[Image:helmet24_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Sgt. Zack ([[Gene Evans]]) with a [[M1928A1 Thompson]]. Note the bolt actuator on top of the receiver.]]
[[Image:helmet25_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Note the simplified rear sight.]]
[[Image:helmet25_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Note the simplified rear sight.]]
The Steel Helmet (1951) was the first American movie to depict the Korean War in a feature film. This was also the breakout film for writer/director Samuel Fuller, who went on to direct such notable war films as Merrill's Marauders and The Big Red One. The film was the debut of venerable character actor, Gene Evans. The production was also the first (but not the last) to use the Santa Monica Mountains as a stand-in for Korea. The film is a meditation on race, bigotry, tolerance, and morality in wartime.
The following weapons were used in the film The Steel Helmet: