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Because... perhaps most priceless of all is the fact that all scenes with the actors were filmed first -- and ''then'' the scenes with the puppet were spliced in. None of the cast actually saw what they were supposed to be terrified of until they attended the film's premiere. Reportedly, Morrow, upon hearing the ''audience's'' reaction, left the theater with a red face hidden beneath a turned-up collar.
 
By the way, it was released by Columbia Pictures -- also responsible for ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]'' and ''[[Jason and The Argonauts (Film)|Jason and Thethe Argonauts]]''. This is the one that tends not to be mentioned in the studio-anniversary clip shows.
 
It never got an episode on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', which, quite frankly, is a crime. [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|James Rolfe]], however, [http://cinemassacre.com/2009/10/13/13-giant-claw-1957/ gives a fine insight on it].
 
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** [[Toothy Bird]]
* [[Stock Footage]]: One shot of a building losing its top in New York has been recycled from a building in Los Angeles being shot by a [[The War of the Worlds|Martian War Machine]].
** Several shots of collapsing buildings crushing hapless civilians beneath them were taken from two other 50's atomic horror movies, [[The Beast From 20000 Fathoms|The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]] and [[Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]].
* [[Techno Babble]]
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: Mitch discovers that the bird's attacks can be connected by a spiral pattern. No one mentions that ''any'' series of points can be connected by a spiral.