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The Giant Claw (1957)

75 min · Aliens, Animalhorror, Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film

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Directors

Fred F. Sears

Cast

Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum, Louis Merrill, Edgar Barrier, Robert Shayne, Frank Griffin, Clark Howat, Morgan Jones, Fred F. Sears

The story

Mitch MacAfee, a civil aeronautical engineer, spots a UFO while engaged in a radar test flight in the Arctic. Jet fighters are scrambled to pursue and identify the object, despite it not appearing on radar, but one aircraft goes missing. Major Bergen is initially angry at MacAfee over the loss of the jet and its pilot, believing MacAfee was playing a bad joke.

Catalogue themes and tags

Aggression By Animal, Alien Life-Form, Assault, Attack by monsters, Bird, Field of Force, Giant Bird, Klaue, Krallen, Nest, Alien Film, Science Fiction, Horror, Creature Film

Genres

Aliens, Animalhorror, Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
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