The Steel Claw (film)

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Steel Claw
DVD cover
Directed byGeorge Montgomery
Screenplay byFerde Grofé Jr.
Marvin Wald
George Montgomery
Produced byFerde Grofé Jr. (producer)
George Montgomery (producer)
Al Wyatt Sr. (associate producer)
StarringGeorge Montgomery
Charito Luna
Mario Barri
Paul Sorensen
Amelia De La Rama
Carmen Austin
Ben Perez
CinematographyManuel Rojas
Edited byJack Murray
Music byHarry Zimmerman
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 20, 1961 (1961-09-20) (U.S.)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Steel Claw is a 1961 wartime drama set in the Philippines during World War II. It is an action-adventure film about a handicapped former Marine on a mission to rescue an officer in the early days of the Japanese invasion. The Steel Claw was directed and co-scripted by its star, George Montgomery.[1]

It has no relation to the comic book series Steel Claw.

Plot

Capt. John Larsen, a Marine, stationed in the Philippines, loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the Corps. An American general is held captive by Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines and Larsen is later re-enlisted to rescue him. He fastens a steel prosthetic hook, the "steel claw" of the title, and embarks on the mission to rescue the general which leads him and his team, (his pal Santana and a band of guerillas), deep into the Philippines where love and death await them.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "The Steel Claw". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-01.


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