Fixed Bayonets
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Craig Hill, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea, Richard Basehart, Richard Hylton Director: Samuel Fuller Brand: BASEHART,RICHARD Cinematographer: Lucien Ballard Writer: Samuel Fuller Editor: Nick DeMaggio Producer: Jules Buck Writer: John Brophy DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed) Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 92 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-04-24 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: 20th Century Fox |
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Movie Reviews of Fixed Bayonets
Movie Review: We spend too much time in Richard Basehart's head
Summary: 3 Stars
An okay movie that felt more like the original made for TV dramas of the late 1950s than a full blown movie. Appears to have been shot mostly on a sound stage, and the feel is of early video tape rather than film.
The story involves an Infantry platoon in Korea left behind to secure the withdrawal of the rest of their regiment. They are to hold a position and create a diversion while the regiment withdraws, then to withdraw themselves. The pivotal character is a corporal who does not wish to have command responsibility, but will have it thrust on him. (I think this was a theme borrowed from Henry Fonda's role in "The Imortal Sergeant"). As he agonizes over the emerging reality that he is going to be put in charge by the slow elimination of those above him, Richard Basehart's character conducts entirely too much internal monologue, which we get to share in.
The small unit Infantry tactics, weaponary, and interactions all feel quite authentic, and this is not a bad little movie, just not one I'd put on my "A" list.