The Claws of the Hun | |
Director: | Victor Schertzinger |
Producer: | Thomas H. Ince |
Screenplay: | Ella Stuart Carson R. Cecil Smith |
Starring: | Charles Ray Jane Novak Robert McKim Dorcas Matthews Melbourne MacDowell Mollie McConnell |
Cinematography: | Chester A. Lyons |
Studio: | Thomas H. Ince Corporation |
Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Runtime: | 50 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Claws of the Hun is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Ella Stuart Carson and R. Cecil Smith. The film stars Charles Ray, Jane Novak, Robert McKim, Dorcas Matthews, Melbourne MacDowell, and Mollie McConnell. The film was released on June 30, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.[1] [2]
A propaganda film about a bad agent trying to find the secret formula for an explosive.[3]
Like many American films of the time, The Claws of the Hun was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 5, scene of man's hand in press, three scenes of man turning press, and shooting the American boy.[4]