''The Iron Claw'' (1941) was the 15th
serial released by
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...
.
Synopsis
A Fortune in gold, taken from the wreck of a Spanish galleon, is hidden in the home of Anton Benson, a reclusive miser. The entire Benson family and household want the gold for themselves, including a
mystery villain
A masked villain, also seen as masked mystery villain, is a stock character in genre fiction. It was developed and popularized in movie serials, beginning with The Hooded Terror in ''The House of Hate'', (1918) the first fully-costumed mystery v ...
known as ''the Iron Claw''. Newspaper journalist Bob Lane, with his photographer Jack Strong and Benton's niece Patricia, attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Cast
Chapter titles
# The Shaft of Doom
# The Murderous Mirror
# The Drop of Destiny
# The Fatal Fuse
# The Fiery Fall
# The Ship Log Talks
# The Mystic Map
# The Perilous Pit
# The Cul-de-sac
# The Curse of the Cave
# The Doctor's Bargain
# Vapors of Evil
# The Secret Door
# The Evil Eye
# The Claw's Collapse
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References
External links
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Cinefania.com
1941 films
1940s English-language films
American black-and-white films
Columbia Pictures film serials
Films directed by James W. Horne
1940s crime films
American crime films
Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton
1940s American films
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