''The Steel Claw'' is a 1961 wartime drama set in the

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during

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. 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. It has no relation to the comic book series ''

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''.

Plot

Capt. John Larsen, a Marine, stationed in the Philippines, loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the

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. 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

* George Montgomery as Capt. John Larsen * Charito Luna as Lolita * Mario Barri as Santana *

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as Gen. Frank Powers * Amelia De La Rama as Christina * Carmen Austin as Rosa * Ben Perez as Dolph Rodriguez * Ferde Grofe Jr. as the Commander (credited as John MacGloan)

External links

* * 1961 films Films set in the Philippines Pacific War films Films about the United States Marine Corps Films shot in the Philippines 1960s English-language films American World War II films 1960s American films {{WWII-drama-film-stub