The Giant Claw

1957
X
1h 15m

IMDb RATING

4.6/10

4.7K

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Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.

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IMDb RATING

4.6/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

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Pierre Broussard
(as Louis D. Merrill)

Edgar Barrier

Dr. Karol Noymann

Robert Shayne

Gen. Van Buskirk

Frank Griffin

Pete - Pilot
(as Ruell Shayne)

Clark Howat

Maj. Bergen

Morgan Jones

Lieutenant - Radar Officer

Benjie Bancroft

Civil Aeronautics Board Member
(uncredited)

Brad Brown

Pool Party Diver
(uncredited)

Al Cantor

AF Projectionist
(uncredited)

George Cisar

Admonishing Man on Airliner
(uncredited)

Bud Cokes

Civil Aeronautics Board Member
(uncredited)

Leonard P. Geer

Paramedic
(uncredited)

Dabbs Greer

Fighter Pilot, in clips from 'Mission Over Korea'
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Sol Murgi

Civil Aeronautics Board Member
(uncredited)

Fred F. Sears

Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Fred F. Sears
Writers
- Samuel Newman
- Paul Gangelin
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Trivia
In an interview, Jeff Morrow said that no one in the cast saw the title monster until they went to the film's premiere in Morrow's home town. Producer Sam Katzman had contracted with a low-budget model-maker in Mexico City to construct the "Giant Claw," and no one in the cast or crew had any idea it would come out looking as bizarre as it did. Morrow said the audience roared with laughter every time the monster made an appearance. He wound up slinking out of the theater in embarrassment before the film was over so no one who knew him would recognize him.

Goofs
Due to use of footage from Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), a flying saucer can very briefly be glimpsed in Grand Central Terminal during the bird's attack on New York City.

Quotes
Narrator: Something, he didn't know what, but something as big as a battleship has just flown over and past him.

Connections
Edited from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

User reviews164

Featured review

6/10

Quit being so "picky", and just enjoy this fun little film!

I'm really getting tired of people "dissing" this film by apparently taking the attitude that all films have to mimic "Citizen Kane" in order to be worthy of enjoying! Sure, the "science" in the film is decidedly unscientific, and the monster DOES look like Beaky Buzzard from a Warner Brothers' cartoon, but, so what? The film is enjoyable for what it IS: just a fun-to-watch, schlocky "sci-fi" film of the fifties--with acting that is NOT "amateurish" (as another reviewer noted)--with the additional benefit (to us guys, at least) of having one heck of a sexy-looking heroine (Mara Corday).

Lighten up, and ENJOY.