''Jaws of Steel'' is a 1927 American silent

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adventure film An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, ani ...

directed by

Ray Enright Ray Enright (March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965) was an American film director. He directed 73 films between 1927–53, many of them for Warner Bros. He oversaw comedy films like Joe E. Brown vehicles, five of the six informal pairings of ...

and featuring dog star Rin Tin Tin and

Jason Robards, Sr. Jason Nelson Robards (December 31, 1892 – April 4, 1963) was an American stage and screen actor, and the father of Oscar-winning actor Jason Robards Jr. Robards appeared in many films, initially as a leading man, then in character roles an ...

Warner Bros. produced and distributed the film. Darryl Zanuck, under the alias Gregory Rogers, wrote the story.

Cast

* Rin Tin Tin as Rinty *

as John Warren *

Helen Ferguson Helen Ferguson (July 23, 1901 – March 14, 1977) was an American actress later turned publicist. Biography Born in Decatur, Illinois, in 1901, Ferguson graduated from Nicholas High School of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts. Ferguson wa ...

as Mary Warren *Mary Louise Miller as Baby Warren * Jack Curtis as Thoms Grant Taylor * Bob Perry as The Sheriff *

Buck Connors Buck Connors (November 22, 1880 – February 4, 1947) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1941. He is the son of William L Conner and Leah Bowen. He was born in Streator, La Salle County, Illinois,Ariz ...

as Alkali Joe

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $189,000 domestic and $83,000 foreign.

Preservation status

A nitrate print of the film is archived by

Filmmuseum Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. Location and history Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam i ...

Nederlands. The

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has a copy shown to the public in the 1990s but is incomplete missing a reel.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p. 92, c.1978 by The American Film Institute

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