The Claw (1927 film)
The Claw is a 1927 American silent film produced by Carl Laemmle and distributed by Universal Pictures.
It was directed by Sidney Olcott with Norman Kerry and Claire Windsor in the leading roles.
Millard Mitchell
Millard Mitchell (August 14, 1903 – October 13, 1953) was an American character actor whose credits include roughly 30 feature films and two television appearances.
Born in Havana, Cuba, he appeared as a bit player in eight films between 1931 and 1936.
Mitchell returned to film work in 1942 after a six-year absence.
Between 1942 and 1953, he was a successful supporting actor.
For his performance in the film "My Six Convicts" (1952), Mitchell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
He is also known for his role as Col. Rufus Plummer in Billy Wilder's "A Foreign Affair" (1948), as Gregory Peck's commanding officer in the war drama "Twelve O'Clock High" (1949), and as the fictional movie mogul R.F. Simpson in the musical comedy "Singin' in the Rain" (1952).
Mitchell also appeared frequently on Broadway, often playing a fast-talking Broadway character.
He played the starring role in "The Great Campaign" (1947).
Mitchell married Peggy Gould in 1942.
They had one child together before Mitchell died, at the age of 50 in 1953, from lung cancer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California,
Jack Shea (director)
Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director.
He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.
The Devil's 8
The Devil's 8 is a 1969 film from American International Pictures.
A Federal agent( Christopher George) recruits six convicts to bust a moonshine ring run by the gangster Burl.
My Six Loves
My Six Loves is a 1963 comedy film starring Debbie Reynolds as a Broadway star who takes a vacation and finds herself responsible for six abandoned children, in Gower Champion's directorial debut.
It is based on the novel of the same name by Peter Funk.
Sidney Olcott
Sidney Olcott( September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian- born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
Hugo Fregonese
Hugo Geronimo Fregonese( April 8, 1908 in Mendoza – January 11, 1987 in Tigre) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter who worked both in Hollywood and his home country.
He made his directorial debut in 1943.
In 1949, he directed" Apenas un delincuente".
Most of Fregonese's American films were Westerns and crime melodramas, like" Man in the Attic"( 1953)" and Black Tuesday"( 1954).
He worked with such Hollywood actors as Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Anthony Quinn, Edward G. Robinson, Luisa Vehil, Víctor Laplace, Soledad Silveyra, Paul Naschy and Joel McCrea, among others.
For directing the now- almost forgotten film" My Six Convicts"( 1952), Fregonese was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing- Feature Film.
Yojimbo
Based on the success of" Yojimbo", Kurosawa's next film," Sanjuro"( 1962), was altered to incorporate the lead character of this film.
In both films, the character wears a rather dilapidated dark kimono bearing the same family" mon".
My Six Convicts
My Six Convicts is an American 1952 comedy- drama film adapted from the autobiographical book written by Donald Powell Wilson( titled" My Six Convicts: A Psychologist's Three Years in Fort Leavenworth").
The film was adapted for the screen by Michael Blankfort and directed by Hugo Fregonese.
While vintage prints of Wilson's text can be found online, the film adaptation has never seen a home video release.
As such, it has almost faded into obscurity, and it is primarily remembered for Millard Mitchell having won a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Connie.

Question: Do both films: The Claw (1927 Film) and My Six Convicts have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no