The Giant Claw
Movie (1957)
Italian title: Il mostro dei cieli
West German title: Angriff der Riesenkralle
Brazilian title: 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
Northrop F-89D Scorpion
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck
Douglas C-54B Skymaster
Continuity error : it's something like a Boeing B-29 which crashes after the Beast's attack.
Unidentified Aircraft
Probably a drawing of a Douglas DC-4.
Bell 47J Ranger
Sikorsky S-55
Another continuity error : when seen by profile, the Bell helicopter becomes a Sikorsky one !
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
Code FT-508.
North American F-86D-40-NA Sabre
Buzz number FU-861, serial 52-3861 from 85th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Republic F-84E Thunderjet
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
In the background.
North American TB-25 Mitchell
Aircraft of the Air National Guard. Tail twin gun replaced by an unknown system. S/n 44-30(25?).
Last aerial scene is performed through a rude model.
North American B-25D Mitchell
Footage from 30 Seconds over Tokyo.
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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