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<b>Movie (1957)<br></b>
 
<b>Movie (1957)<br></b>
Also known as: <br>
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Italian title: <b>Il mostro dei cieli<br></b>
Italy <b>Il mostro dei cieli<br></b>
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West German title: <b>Angriff der Riesenkralle<br></b>
West Germany <b>Angriff der Riesenkralle<br></b>
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Brazilian title: <b>O Ataque Vem do Polo</b>
Brazil <b>O Ataque Vem do Polo<br></b>
 
  
 
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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.
  
(Synopsis:)
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== [[:Category: Lockheed F-94 Starfire|Lockheed F-94B Starfire]] ==  
 
 
== [[:Category: Lockheed F-94 Starfire | Lockheed F-94B Starfire ]] ==  
 
 
 
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-94.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-94.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-94-facing.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-94_scramble.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-94_scramble.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Northrop F-89 Scorpion|Northrop F-89D Scorpion]] ==  
 
== [[:Category: Northrop F-89 Scorpion|Northrop F-89D Scorpion]] ==  
 
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-89.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-89.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-89_radada.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-89_radada.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
== Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck ==  
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== [[:Category: Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck|Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck]] ==  
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw AvroC CF-100.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw AvroC CF-100.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Douglas C-54 Skymaster | Douglas C-54B Skymaster]] ==  
 
== [[:Category: Douglas C-54 Skymaster | Douglas C-54B Skymaster]] ==  
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_Douglas_C-54.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_Douglas_C-54.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
Continuity error : it something like a Boeing B-29 which crashed after the Beast's attack.
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Continuity error : it's something like a Boeing B-29 which crashes after the Beast's attack.
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_B-29.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_B-29.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_Douglas_C-54b.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_Douglas_C-54b.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:TGiantClaw_what.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_what.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
== [[:Category: Bell 47|Bell 47J Ranger]] ==  
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== [[:Category: Bell 47J Ranger|Bell 47J Ranger]] ==  
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_Bell_47.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_Bell_47.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: Sikorsky H-19| Sikorsky S-55]] ==
 
== [[:Category: Sikorsky H-19| Sikorsky S-55]] ==
Another continuity error : once seen by profile, the Bell helicopter became a Sikorsky one !
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Another continuity error : when seen by profile, the Bell helicopter becomes a Sikorsky one !
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_Sikorsky_S-55.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_Sikorsky_S-55.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
== [[:Category: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star|Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star]] ==
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== [[:Category: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star|Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star]] ==
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[[Image:TGiantClaw_P-80.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Code FT-508.
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[[Image:TGiantClaw_P-80_FT-508.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: North American F-86D Sabre|North American F-86D-40-NA Sabre]] ==
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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)]].
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[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-86D_FU-861.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Republic F-84 Thunderjet | Republic F-84E Thunderjet]] ==
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[[Image:TGiantClaw_F-94-facing.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star|Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star]] ==
 
In the background.
 
In the background.
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_T-33.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_T-33.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
 
== [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell|North American TB-25 Mitchell]] ==  
 
== [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell|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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Aircraft of the Air National Guard. Tail twin gun replaced by an unknown system. S/n 44-30(25?).
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_NA_B-25_ANG.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_NA_B-25_ANG.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
Last aerial scene is performed through a rude model.
 
Last aerial scene is performed through a rude model.
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== [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell|North American B-25D Mitchell]] ==  
 
== [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell|North American B-25D Mitchell]] ==  
Footage from [[30 Seconds over Tokyo]]. (page coming soon)<br>
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Footage from [[30 Seconds over Tokyo]]. <br>
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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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.
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_NA_B-25_C-D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_NA_B-25_C-D.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_NA_B-25_754.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:TGiantClaw_NA_B-25_754.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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{{footnote}}
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050432/ The Giant Claw at IMDb]
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* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050432/ The Giant Claw at IMDb]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giant_Claw The Giant Claw at Wikipedia]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giant_Claw The Giant Claw at Wikipedia]
* [http://www.imcdb.org/movie_50432-The-Giant-Claw.html The Giant Claw at IMCDb]
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* [https://www.imcdb.org/movie_50432-The-Giant-Claw.html The Giant Claw at IMCDb]
  
[[Category: Bell 47]]  
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[[Category: Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck]]
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[[Category: Bell 47J Ranger]]  
 
[[Category: Douglas C-54 Skymaster]]  
 
[[Category: Douglas C-54 Skymaster]]  
 
[[Category: Lockheed F-94 Starfire]]  
 
[[Category: Lockheed F-94 Starfire]]  
 
[[Category: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star]]
 
[[Category: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star]]
[[Category: North American B-25 Mitchell]]  
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[[Category: Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star]]
[[Category: Northrop F-89 Scorpion]]  
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[[Category: North American B-25 Mitchell]]
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[[Category: North American F-86D Sabre]]
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[[Category: Northrop F-89 Scorpion]]
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[[Category: Republic F-84 Thunderjet]]
 
[[Category: Sikorsky H-19]]
 
[[Category: Sikorsky H-19]]

Latest revision as of 03:58, 23 February 2024

The Giant Claw movie poster.

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

TGiantClaw F-94.jpg
TGiantClaw F-94 scramble.jpg

Northrop F-89D Scorpion

TGiantClaw F-89.jpg
TGiantClaw F-89 radada.jpg

Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck

TGiantClaw AvroC CF-100.jpg

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.

TGiantClaw B-29.jpg
TGiantClaw Douglas C-54b.jpg

Unidentified Aircraft

Probably a drawing of a Douglas DC-4.

TGiantClaw what.jpg

Bell 47J Ranger

TGiantClaw Bell 47.jpg

Sikorsky S-55

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

TGiantClaw Sikorsky S-55.jpg

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

TGiantClaw P-80.jpg

Code FT-508.

TGiantClaw P-80 FT-508.jpg

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).

TGiantClaw F-86D FU-861.jpg

Republic F-84E Thunderjet

TGiantClaw F-94-facing.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 44-30(25?).

TGiantClaw NA B-25 ANG.jpg

Last aerial scene is performed through a rude model.

TGiantClaw NA B-25 kit.jpg

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.

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


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