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The Steel Claw (1961)

The Steel Claw poster
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

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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