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The giant claw: In an act of cosmic irony, an enormous bird from outer space descends upon the Earth and begins chowing down on people. As usual, scientists and the military must team up to save our planet.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), Clover (Firm)
Other Authors: Katzman, Sam, 1901-1973, Morrow, Jeff, 1907-1993, Corday, Mara, 1930-, Ankrum, Morris, 1897-1964, Shayne, Robert, Denning, Richard, 1914-1998, Stevens, Angela, Gay, Gregory, 1900-1993, Coffin, Tristram, 1912-1997, Lauter, Harry, 1914-1990, Watkin, Pierre, 1887-1960, Chandler, Lane, 1899-1972, Harvey, Don, -1963, Horvath, Charles, Palmer, Gregg, 1927-2015, Hayes, Allison, 1930-1977, Russell, Autumn, Roth, Gene, 1903-1976, Corrigan, Ray, 1902-1976, Megowan, Don, Holden, Joyce, Ritch, Steven, 1921-1995, Newman, Samuel, Gangelin, Paul, 1898-1961, Sears, Fred F., Cahn, Edward L., 1899-1963, Plympton, George H., Gordon, Bernard, 1918-2007, Kent, Robert E.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue, English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]
Subjects:
Birds > Drama.
Monsters > Drama.
Outer space > Drama.
Scientists > Drama.
Ex-Nazis > Drama.
Mafia > Drama.
Zombies > Drama.
Treasure troves > Drama.
Diamonds > Drama.
Vaccines > Drama.
Werewolves > Drama.
Horror films.
Science fiction films.
Zombie films.
Werewolf films.
B films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:The giant claw: In an act of cosmic irony, an enormous bird from outer space descends upon the Earth and begins chowing down on people. As usual, scientists and the military must team up to save our planet.
Creature with the atom brain: A police doctor is hot on the trail of a mob boss who's hired an ex-Nazi scientist to reanimate his dead thugs.
Zombies of Mora Tau: Loopy adventure about a sunken ship's cargo of diamonds guarded by its zombified crew members.
The werewolf: An auto accident survivor is used by two scientists as a subject for their experiments to create a vaccine for nuclear fall-out. Unfortunately, it has a rather hairy side effect.
Item Description:Title from container.
The giant claw originally released as a motion picture in 1957 ; Creature with the atom brain originally released as a motion picture in 1955 ; Zombies of Mora Tau originally released as a motion picture in 1957 ; The werewolf originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
Special features: "Sinister savages": chapter 2 of Sam's 1951 serial version of "Mysterious Island"; hilarious Mr. Magoo cartoon "Terror faces Magoo"; ultra-rare comedy short "Midnight blunders" (never before on video or TV); original trailers for all four features; bonus trailers for other sci-fi classics.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 144 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) and full screen (1.33:1) presentations; Dolby Digital, remastered in High Definition.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:The giant claw: Technical effects creators, Ralph Hammeras, George Teague.
ISBN:1424878438
9781424878437