The Giant Claw

Name: The Giant Claw
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1957-06-01
Duration: 1 h 14 min
Rating: 4.6
Cast: Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum, Louis Merrill, Lou Merrill

Flying beast out of prehistoric skies!

The Giant Claw (1957)

Timing: 1:14 (74 min)

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Release date

1957-06-01

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Clover Productions

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction

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Director

Fred F. Sears

Actors

Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum, Louis Merrill, Lou Merrill, Edgar Barrier, Robert Shayne, Frank Griffin, Clark Howat, Morgan Jones
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Producer

Sam Katzman

Camera operator

Benjamin H. Kline

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Editing

Anthony DiMarco, Saul A. Goodkind
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Short description

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

What's left behind the scenes

The name of the bird, La Carcagne, is borrowed from Franco-Canadian folklore, but there it referred to a witch with a wolf's head and bat wings. Like a Banshee, it is a symbol of death.
The film was poorly received due to the bird's ridiculous appearance, but nevertheless, until the end of the 1950s, "Giant Claw" was the most popular giant monster film after "King Kong" and "Godzilla".
Some special effects were taken from the film "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" (1956).