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Director:

Fred F. Sears

Writers:

Paul Gangelin (writer)
Samuel Newman (writer)

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Release Date:

June 1957 (USA) more

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi more

Tagline:

Flying beast out of prehistoric skies!

Plot:

Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture. full summary | add synopsis

User Comments:

Lots of fun to watch if you aren't too serious about it. more (62 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Jeff Morrow ... Mitchell 'Mitch' MacAfee
Mara Corday ... Sally Caldwell
Morris Ankrum ... Lt. Gen. Edward Considine
Louis Merrill ... Pierre Broussard (as Louis D. Merrill)
Edgar Barrier ... Dr. Karol Noymann
Robert Shayne ... Gen. Van Buskirk
Frank Griffin ... Pete, pilot (as Ruell Shayne)
Clark Howat ... Maj. Bergen
Morgan Jones ... Lieutenant, Radar Officer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Mark of the Claw (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

In 1957, Columbia Pictures theatrically distributed this film on a double bill with The Night the World Exploded (1957). more

Goofs:

Errors in geography: As the plane carrying the meson cannon flies towards the bird (who is on top of the United Nations building in New York City), the footage of the plane shows it over San Francisco. more

Quotes:

Sally: Oh, nothing so domestic as a flying saucer, officer. Just a flying Battleship.
Police Officer: Well, have a good time with your flying Battleship.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Fantastic Fantasy Fright-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V) more


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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Lots of fun to watch if you aren't too serious about it., 4 April 2007
Author: rixrex from United States

A nice remembrance from childhood watching this one Saturday evening at my cousins place in Brooklyn. Probably a WOR channel 9 creature feature, but definitely one of the schlockiest of their stock. Still, what really sets these old 50s monster B and C flicks apart from today's low-rent stuff is the great seriousness of the characters and their delivery done with earnest. This style is standard fare from low-budget Corman through the cheapo AIP and Columbia stuff, and this is what makes these lesser efforts with poor quality effects rise to a level that makes them as enjoyable as the grade A Universal-International and 20th Century Fox sci-fi stuff.

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