- Country: USA
- Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Release: 1957-06-01
- Director: Fred F. Sears
- Writers: Samuel Newman , Paul Gangelin
- Language: English | Japanese | Russian
- Stars: Jeff Morrow , Mara Corday , Morris Ankrum , Louis Merrill , Edgar Barrier , Robert Shayne , Frank Griffin , Clark Howat , Morgan Jones , Benjie Bancroft
- Runtime: 75 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: La garra gigante (Peru) , La serre géante (France, French Republic) , Il mostro dei cieli (Italy) , The Giant Claw , La garra gigante (Chile) , Szpon (Poland) , Kanatlı Canavar (Turkey) , The Mark of the Claw (United States of America) , La garra gigante (Argentina) , Džinovska kandža (Serbia) , Гигантский коготь , La garra gigante (Mexico) , The Giant Claw (United States of America) , The Giant Claw (United Kingdom) , The Giant Claw (Australia) , Angriff der Riesenkralle , O Ataque Vem do Polo (Brazil)
- Plot: When electronics engineer Mitch MacAfee spots a UFO as "big as a battleship," from his plane, the Air Force scrambles planes to investigate. However, nothing shows up on radar, and one of the jets is lost during the action. MacAfee is regarded as a dangerous crackpot until other incidents and disappearances convince the authorities that the threat is real. Some believe it is a French-Canadian folk legend come to life, but it turns out to be an extraterrestrial giant bird composed of anti-matter whose disregard for human life and architecture threatens the world.
- IMDB:tt0050432
The Giant Claw Cast · · · ALL
Fred F. Sears
Director
Jeff Morrow
Mitchell 'Mitch' MacAfee
Mara Corday
Sally Caldwell
Morris Ankrum
Lt. Gen. Edward Considine
Edgar Barrier
Dr. Karol Noymann
Robert Shayne
Gen. Van Buskirk
Frank Griffin
Pete - Pilot
Clark Howat
Maj. Bergen
Morgan Jones
Lieutenant, Radar Officer
George Cisar
Admonishing Man on Airliner (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
Civil Aeronautics Board Member (uncredited)
Leonard P. Geer
Paramedic (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Fighter Pilot, (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fred F. Sears
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
First State Trooper (uncredited)