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Synopsis: During the Korean War, strong but worn and cantankerous Sergeant Zack is aided by a young, orphaned Korean boy. Together they encounter and join a small group of American soldiers. The group stumbles upon a Buddhist temple where they decide to hold up, believing it to be empty...
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Director(s): Samuel Fuller
Production: Criterion Collection
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IMDB:
7.5
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Year:
1951
85 min
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Nobody knows where

we are except the enemy.

Sergeant Tanaka, you'll make excuses

for my patrol when I tell you to.

-Understand?

-Yes, sir.

Now we have to establish an O.P.

And the quicker we find that temple, the better.

Did you ever establish

an observation post, Lieutenant?

-Don't be impertinent, Sergeant!

-All right, all right, all right, Lieutenant.

Nobody's holding you back.

-Do you know where the front is?

-Sure.

Four points of the compass.

I'm borrowing a bandolier.

Let's go, Doc.

Sergeant Zack.

Look. I know you hate my guts...

but we need an experienced man.

-You happen to have that experience.

-Look, Lieutenant.

You got nothin' out there but rice paddies

crawlin' with commies...

just waitin' to slap you between

two big hunks of rye bread...

and wash you down

with fish eggs and vodka.

Good luck.

-It's gonna be rough on those boys.

-Sure it is.

They don't even have a medic with them.

Look, Thompson.

Nobody's holding you back.

Me - I gotta come out of this.

That bazookaman - He's a good joe,

but he can't hold that patrol together.

Could if his eyes weren't slanted the wrong way.

Then Driscoll would listen to him.

That lieutenant needs you.

Hey. Smart. That Red is smart.

-Sniping with a burp gun.

-That's using his head.

Yeah.

Patrol even fire like ballerinas.

Uh-oh, Doc. That's all.

Two snipers with burps. They've had it.

Short Round, stay here.

Come on, Doc. Let's go.

Hold your fire.

Ow.

Listen, you. You stay here,

or I'll slap your ears off.

You understand?

I'll yell if I need you, Doc.

-I can't see it.

-They're not supposed to be seen, Lieutenant.

Hey. Buddha-head.

-Over here.

-Come on.

-Couple of burps in the trees.

-Yeah, yeah. I know.

-Let's make money.

-Let's make some money.

Come on. Let's go.

What are we waiting for?

I know where he lives.

Try my right rear for the other one.

Spotted him.

Get a fix on my piece.

-Okay.

-Got it?

Yeah.

-You ready?

-Yeah.

All right.

Let's make some money.

Okay, you ballerinas. On your toes.

Come on, kid. Let's go.

Come out, come out, wherever you are.

Up on your toes.

Come on. It's all over.

Come on. Get up. Let's go.

Come on. Up, up. Let's go. Come on.

Hey.

Hey. Come on!

It's all over.

If you run into any more snipers, spot 'em first,

and don't stop firing till they drop.

Looks like a kraut Schmeisser.

Yeah. Made in Russia.

Let's go.

What are you luggin' that box around for?

It's an organ.

What are you, a wise guy?

-It's a portable organ, Sergeant.

-Show me.

Go ahead. Show him.

All right, all right. You showed me.

That's you? Fat Paul?

It belonged to Father Paul, the chaplain.

The H-E-Rwas burned off in a fire.

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Samuel Fuller

Samuel Michael Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American screenwriter, novelist, and film director known for low-budget, understated genre movies with controversial themes, often made outside the conventional studio system. Fuller wrote his first screenplay for Hats Off in 1936, and made his directorial debut with the Western I Shot Jesse James (1949). He would continue to direct several other Westerns and war thrillers throughout the 1950s. Fuller shifted from Westerns and war thrillers in the 1960s with his low-budget thriller Shock Corridor in 1963, followed by the neo-noir The Naked Kiss (1964). He was inactive in filmmaking for most of the 1970s, before writing and directing the war epic The Big Red One (1980), and the experimental White Dog (1982), whose screenplay he co-wrote with Curtis Hanson. more…

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