The Steel Helmet

1951 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 4,910 VOTES · DIR. Samuel Fuller

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Overview

A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.

Dialogue Timeline — 815 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:27 [Explosions In Distance]
00:06:43 Look, you've done your good deed for today. Now blow.
00:10:48 You better ask Buddha which way.
00:13:31 Oh, yeah?
00:16:16 [Chuckles] They got us instead - ambushed.
00:18:08 just waitin' to slap you between two big hunks of rye bread...
00:21:03 Hey. Buddha-head.
00:25:22 Yeah? You should be luggin' ammo, not a music box.
00:28:34 - No. - He's a South Korean when he's runnin' with ya...
00:31:17 - Did you examine him? - No, sir.
00:37:54 - Come on. Get up. - Oh, for Pete's sake.
00:42:12 Didn't you hear me calling you?
00:44:25 Don't move a muscle. Not an eyelash. Now hold your breath.
00:47:54 You ain't helping the skull nerves much by worrying.
00:50:42 [Grunts]
00:55:09 Speaks English.
00:57:12 You can't eat with them unless there's a war.
00:59:15 You understand? Fix it!
01:01:21 But we don't like it when we get pushed around by-
01:04:01 One thing or the other- you're dead or alive - but you're on the ground.
01:06:34 So let's get off the beach and die inland."
01:10:17 If you die, I'll kill ya!
01:14:02 [Explosions]
01:18:51 Well, then what are we waiting for?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed815
Dialogue density9.6 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line01:18:51

Production Record

DirectorSamuel Fuller
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,910