The Giant Claw (1957)
Director:
Fred F. Sears
Tagline:
« Winged Monster from 17,000,000 B.C.! Big as a Battleship! Flies 4 Times the Speed of Sound! Atomic Weapons Can’t Hurt It! »
Actors:
Mitch MacAfee
Sally Caldwell
Lt. Gen. Edward Considine
Pierre Broussard
Dr. Karol Noymann
Rating:
(5’016 votes)
(5’016 votes)
Quotes:
« Narrator: Something, he didn't know what, but something as big as a battleship has just flown over and past him.
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« Maj. Bergen: By the time I get through with you, Mr. Electronics Engineer, you'll be lucky if they let you test batteries for flashlights.
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« Gen. Van Buskirk: Three men reported they saw something. Two of them are now dead.
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« Mitch MacAfee: That makes me Chief Cook and Bottle Washer in a one-man Bird Watcher's Society!
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Trailer:
The Giant Claw
Runtime:75 minutes
Plots:
Scientists ponder a buzzard–like big bird able to lift a train.
When electronics engineer Mitch MacAfee spots a UFO as “big as a battleship,” from his plane, the Air Force scrambles planes to investigate. However, nothing shows up on radar, and one of the jets is lost during the action. MacAfee is regarded as a dangerous crackpot until other incidents and disappearances convince the authorities that the threat is real. Some believe it is a French-Canadian folk legend come to life, but it turns out to be an extraterrestrial giant bird composed of anti-matter whose disregard for human life and architecture threatens the world.
When Mitch MacAfee reports seeing a giant UFO flying at supersonic speeds, he is called on the carpet by the local air force commander for a prank. Their radar didn’t pick up anything and his story is just too preposterous to be believed. Slowly at first then in a flood, sightings of a giant bird are reported. With an anti-matter shield, the creature seems invincible. Finding a way to penetrate the shield is their only hope.
Official website:
Link to the international distributor, Sala46 Films.
