Fixed Bayonets!

Fixed Bayonets!
Original film poster
Directed bySamuel Fuller
Screenplay bySamuel Fuller
Story byLamar Trotti (credited)
Based onImmortal Sergeant
by John Brophy (credited as “suggested by”)
Produced byJules Buck
StarringRichard Basehart
Gene Evans
Michael O'Shea
Richard Hylton
Craig Hill
Skip Homeier
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byNick DeMaggio
Music byRoy Webb
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Twentieth Century-Fox
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox
Release date
  • November 20, 1951 (1951-11-20) (New York)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.45 million (US rentals)

Fixed Bayonets! is a 1951 American war film produced by Twentieth Century-Fox and written and directed by Samuel Fuller. Set during the winter phase of the Korean War (early 1951), the film follows a U.S. Army platoon assigned a rear-guard mission during a withdrawal.

The film includes an early, uncredited screen appearance by American actor James Dean.