Hands of Steel (1986)

Director
Sergio Martino

Main cast
Daniel Greene; Janet Agren; Claudio Cassinelli; George Eastman; Andrea Coppola

Genres
Sci-Fi, Action

Description
A story about a cyborg who is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands.


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