Captain John Larson loses his hand in an accident and the fourteen-year Marine finds himself discharged from the service without seeing a single day of combat. Everything changes when he is forced back to action in a bloody mission to rescue a kidnapped Brigadier General from a group of Filipino guerrillas led by the mysterious Santana. Replacing his missing appendage with a steel claw,
Captain Larson leads a daring raid behind enemy lines and comes face to face with both the Japanese army and his own personal demons.
George Montgomery produced a number of movies in the Philippines during the sixties, including Samar, Huk! and From Hell to Borneo. The Steel Claw is the first of these films, most of which featured Montgomery as lead actor, writer, producer and director.
Starring: George Montgomery
Music by: Harry Zimmerman
Directed by: George Montgomery
Screenplay by: George Montgomery, Ferde Grofé Jr. & Malvin Wald
The Steel Claw (DVD Movie) . . .
