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The Steel Claw is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Montgomery released in USA on 20 september 1961 with George Montgomery
The Steel Claw (1961)
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Add to a movie listThe Steel Claw is a 1961 wartime drama set in the Philippines during World War II. It is an action-adventure film about a handicapped ex-Marine on a mission to rescue an officer in the early days of the Japanese invasion. The Steel Claw was directed, starred and co-scripted by George Montgomery.
It has no relation to the comic book series Steel Claw.
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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.Actors
George Montgomery
(Capt. John Larsen)
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