Characters & Themes
Steel (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 102 mins · English
- Directed by
- Steve Carver
- Starring
- Albert Salmi, R.G. Armstrong, Roger E. Mosley, George Kennedy, Jennifer O'Neill, Harris Yulin
Mike Catton was once a world‑renowned construction foreman, but a serious accident gave him a crippling fear of heights, forcing him to retire and become a truck driver. When an old friend asks him to help erect a new skyscraper and is menaced by a ruthless corporate antagonist, Catton returns from retirement, gathers the industry’s top talent, and leads the elite crew in a race against time to complete the building while the villain’s schemes threaten to halt their work.
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