The Steel Bayonet (1957)

19571h 21mdir. Michael CarrerasUnited Kingdomwar film

With Leo Genn, Kieron Moore, Michael Medwin

Directed by Michael Carreras

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The Steel Bayonet is a 1957 British war film directed by Michael Carreras and starring Leo Genn, Kieron Moore and Michael Medwin. Michael Caine also had a small role in the film, early in his career. It is set during the Second World War, in the Tunisian desert when a small British observation force are surrounded in a farm by overwhelming forces of the German Afrika Korps. Filming took place on Salisbury Plain, which doubled for North Africa. This was Michael Carreras' first film he directed for Hammer. Phil Leakey did Makeup and Sid Pearson did Special Effects. The film's original working title was Observation Post. The German soldiers actually spoke German (with English subtitles) in the

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