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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 in the film, which was unusual for its time. Filming wrapped on Sept. 20, 1956, it was trade shown in London on May 14, 1957, and released on June 3, 1957. It was released in the US in 1958 on a double bill with a Forrest Tucker western called Fort Massacre.