The Steel Claw (1961)
- Directed by
- George Montgomery
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A disabled Marine captain leads a risky mission to rescue a fellow officer in the Philippines at the start of World War II.
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What happens
The Steel Claw is a 1961 wartime drama set in the Philippines during the early days of World War II. It is an action-adventure film about a disabled Marine Captain 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. It has no relation to the comic book series Steel Claw. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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