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The Steel Fist is a 1952 American drama film directed by Wesley Barry and written by C.K. Kivari. The film stars Roddy McDowall, Kristine Miller, Harry Lauter, Rand Brooks, Byron Foulger and Kate Drain Lawson. The film was released on January 6, 1952 by Monogram Pictures.
The Steel Fist: Directed by Wesley Barry. With Roddy McDowall, Kristine Miller, Harry Lauter, Rand Brooks. In an Iron Curtain country an idealistic student goes on the run from the Communist authorities.
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- Drama
- Wesley Barry
- 1952-01-06
The 1952 Monogram film The Steel Fist is an example of the latter type. The Red Scare films offered Hollywood what amounted to free publicity thanks to the frequent headlines about the Cold War and the alleged Communist infiltration of the State Department, the American education system and Hollywood.
- Wesley Barry, William Beaudine Jr.
- Roddy Mcdowall
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Synopsis. In an unidentified Central European country "somewhere behind the Iron Curtain," a group of students stage a riot to protest the Soviet occupying government's forced labor program. Student Erik Kardin leads the protest, and when the police hunt for him, turns for help to his uncle, Prof. Kardin. Unknown to Erik, Kardin is the secret ...
The Steel Fist Released Jan 6, 1952 1h 13m Drama List Reviews A Soviet student escapes the terrorism of an Eastern bloc nation with the help of the underground movement.
- Drama
- Roddy Mcdowall, Kristine Miller
- Wesley Barry
THE STEEL FIST is set in 1951, when circumstances leave a pair of 22-year-olds on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. Since that metallic drapery took 38 more years to rust away, Eric and Mary would be well past their biological "Best By" dates by the time they finally have a chance to consummate their passion for one another.
Steel Fist was produced by William F. Broidy and Wesley Barry, the same team responsible for TV's Wild Bill Hickok series. Roddy McDowall stars as Erik, an idealistic young student in an unnamed Iron Curtain country. Pursued by the communist police for speaking his views, Erik is sheltered by the underground.
