Shaolin Iron Claws
1978Movie1 h 26 min
Summary
A corrupt Shaolin assassin, a master in Iron Claws, is hired to threaten members of the Ching Dynasty into resigning a secret letter for the restoration of the monarchy. The plot is unravelled when a police chief captures one of the assailants. The Shaolin Iron Master must be destroyed...
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Drop-in friendly
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 58GoodWatch 63
IMDb5.8
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −22 min on the typical 108
typical 10886Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
1978
June 9, 1978
48 years ago
Genre
ActionLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ChineseMade in
Hong Kong SAR China
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceIntense
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 1 moreDirecting · 2
- Ko Pao Director, Martial Arts Choreographer
- Wong Chan-Kei Script Supervisor
Writing · 1
- Sung Pe Liu Writer
Production · 2
- Ping Wai-Fan Producer
- Yen Wu-Tong Producer
Camera · 1
- Chen Hsi Lu Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Huang Chiu-Kuei Editor
Sound · 2
- Stanley Chow Fook-Leung Music
- Lin Kun Chi Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Lam Tang-Wong Art Direction
Other crew · 2
- Hsiang Mei-Lung Special Effects
- Peter Chang Chi-Long Martial Arts Choreographer
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