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Blood and Steel is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bernard L. Kowalski released in USA on 4 december 1959 with John Rollin Lupton
Blood and Steel (1959)
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Add to a movie listBlood and Steel is a 1959 American drama film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by Joseph C. Gilette. The film stars John Lupton, James Edwards, Brett Halsey, John Brinkley, Allen Jung and Ziva Rodann. The film was released in December 1959, by 20th Century Fox.
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John Rollin Lupton
(Lt. Dave)
James Edwards
(George)
Brett Halsey
(Jim)
Clarence Lung
(Japanese Soldier)
James Hong
(Japanese Draftsman)
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