''Jaws of Steel'' is a 1927 American synchronized

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adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

directed by

Ray Enright Ray Enright (March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965) was an American film director. He directed 73 films between 1927–53, many of them for Warner Bros. He oversaw comedy films like Joe E. Brown vehicles, five of the six informal pairings of Joa ...

and featuring dog star

Rin Tin Tin Rin Tin Tin or Rin-Tin-Tin (October 10, 1918 – August 10, 1932) was a male German Shepherd born in Flirey, France, who became an international star in motion pictures. He was rescued from a World War I battlefield by an American soldier, ...

and Jason Robards Sr. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the

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sound-on-disc process. Warner Bros. produced and distributed the film.

Darryl F. Zanuck Darryl Francis Zanuck (; September 5, 1902December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. Best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox, he played a ...

, under the alias Gregory Rogers, wrote the story. The film is in the

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in the United States.

Cast

as Rinty * Jason Robards Sr. as John Warren *

Helen Ferguson Helen Ferguson (July 23, 1901 – March 14, 1977) was an American actress later turned publicist. Biography Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1901, Ferguson graduated from Nicholas High School of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts. Ferguson was ...

as Mary Warren *Mary Louise Miller as Baby Warren * Jack Curtis as Thoms Grant Taylor * Bob Perry as The Sheriff * Buck Connors as Alkali Joe

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $189,000 domestically and $83,000 foreign against a budget of $46,000.

Preservation status

A nitrate print of the film is archived by Filmmuseum Nederlands. The

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has a copy shown to the public in the 1990s but is incomplete, missing a reel.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p. 92, c.1978 by The American Film Institute

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Cast

Box office

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Preservation status

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