The Steel Claw (film)

The Steel Claw is a 1961 wartime drama set in the Philippines during World War II. 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 Steel Claw.

Plot
Capt. John Larsen, a Marine, stationed in the Philippines, loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the Corps. 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
 * Paul Sorensen 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)