spread panic from broadway to bombay and 1957 the giant claw boast perhaps the ultimate flying monster in movie history . describe by one terrified quebecois witness a la carcagne she de devil in de storm with de face of de wolf and de body of de woman with wing and big than i can tell and it doesn not say much for canadian woman since when we finally see it in focus it a cross between an overgrown buzzard and a chickenhawk and gonzo the great . but this isn not just any old giant turkey impervious to rocket and invisible to radar and with a taste for swallow parachutist whole and peck away at the united nation building and it an extraterrestrial giant turkey from an anti matter galaxy million of mile from earth that come here to build a nest represent no other explanation be possible . luckily for humanity jeff morrow and test pilot and chief cook and bottle washer in a one man birdwatch society and invent a weapon to disable it impenetrable shield so they can hit it with everything but the kitchen sink but do not worry represent morris ankrum general assures him we have get kitchen sink to spare and son . just in time for a last minute clinch with co star mara corday . some of the dialogue have date rather unfortunately i admire your spunk and and you keep climb on our back whenever we have mess up and strangely enough it nowhere near as much fun a a film with a giant fly turkey should be and but the beast itself be such a truly memorable creation for all the wrong reason that it hard to dislike even if you be like it for all the wrong reason . and full mark to the cast for deliver gem after gem of direlogue with a straight face represent honest to pete and i will never call my mother in law an old crow again . and the only trouble be that the last time i talk to a chaplain there wasn not any telephone line to the one and only place where we can get the kind of help we need and the immortal there it be now and attack the united nation building .