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Writer-director Samuel Fuller applies his kino-fist to this raw-boned war drama -- one of the first American films to deal with Vietnam. The film concerns the battle between the Vietnamese and the Chi... read more read more...nese, through the efforts of a small band of soldiers to locate and destroy a hidden communist arms depot. Gene Barry stars as Sgt. Johnny Brock, the cynical leader of the patrol, who is an American Korean War veteran. Leading the expedition to find the munitions dump is the half-Asian Lucky Legs (Angie Dickinson), Brock's ex-wife. One of Brock's less-endearing qualities is his rabid racism -- he can't accept the fact that their five-year-old son is completely Oriental in appearance. The other members of the patrol are also haunted by past memories -- Goldie (Nat "King" Cole) is a veteran of Korea and World war II who hates war and wants to see peace at all costs; Corporal Pigalle (George Givot) is an ex-French gendarme who doesn't like taking orders; and Private Andreades (Gerald Milton), is a hard-nosed Greek expatriate. When the patrol arrives at the compound, they are greeted by Major Cham (Lee Van Cleef), the communist commander who immediately falls in love with Lucky Legs -- complicating the situation immensely. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Samuel Fuller

Release Date: January 1, 1957

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Emanuel Levy
March 27, 2008
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

Though not one of Samuel Fuller's best films, it's still worth seeing as an early Hollywood drama-actioner about Indo-China and for Angie Dickinson, who became a star a year later. Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
June 30, 2005
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Both the overloaded heroic war drama and the heavy-handed romance narrative have an air of phoniness. Full Review

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Bosley Crowther
March 25, 2006
Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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May 24, 2003
Film4

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