The Giant Claw

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The Giant Claw movie poster.

Movie (1957)
Also known as:
Italy Il mostro dei cieli
West Germany Angriff der Riesenkralle
Brazil O Ataque Vem do Polo

Starring:
Jeff Morrow (Mitch MacAfee)
Mara Corday (Sally Caldwell)
Morris Ankrum (Lieutenant General Edward Considine)
Louis Merrill (Pierre Broussard)


During a flight test, Mitch MacAfee -a military pilot- witness a UFO. Despite a scramble, no other pilot meet the phenomena and radar stations record nothing. But soon, strange facts occur until the liaison aircraft in which Mitch is travelling crashes following an air attack.

Lockheed F-94B Starfire

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TGiantClaw F-94 scramble.jpg

Northrop F-89D Scorpion

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TGiantClaw F-89 radada.jpg

Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck

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Douglas C-54B Skymaster

TGiantClaw Douglas C-54.jpg

Continuity error : it's something like a Boeing B-29 which crashes after the Beast's attack.

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TGiantClaw Douglas C-54b.jpg

Unidentified Aircraft

Probably a drawing of a Douglas DC-4.

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Bell 47J Ranger

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Sikorsky S-55

Another continuity error : when seen by profile, the Bell helicopter becomes a Sikorsky one !

TGiantClaw Sikorsky S-55.jpg

Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star

In the background.

TGiantClaw T-33.jpg

North American TB-25 Mitchell

Aircraft of the Air National Guard. Tail twin gun replaced by an unknown system. S/n 0-43025?

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Last aerial scene is performed through a rude model.

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North American B-25D Mitchell

Footage from 30 Seconds over Tokyo. (page coming soon)
41-29754 worn the nose art of Ruptured Duck piloted by Lieutenant Ted Lawson during the famous raid; he later wrote the eponymous book from which the movie was inspired.

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TGiantClaw NA B-25 754.jpg
TGiantClaw NA B-25 raid.jpg


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