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June 1957 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisUser Comments:
Giant Buzzard From Outer Space! moreCast
(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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The producers originally planned to use a stop-motion model created by Ray Harryhausen for the bird. However, due to budgetary limitations they were forced to use a marionette. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the jets are attacking the bird, several shots of the planes are reversed to make it seem as though they are flying in the opposite direction, as the writing on the sides of the planes in these shots are backward. moreQuotes:
Narrator: Something, he didn't know what, but something as big as a Battleship has just flown over and past him." moreFAQ
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This film is simply put.....pure entertainment! Nothing to be taken seriously, but rather to be savored as one of those classic gems from the 50s. Sure, the *Beastie* of this film is a huge turkey or buzzard from some distant galaxy, the acting is stiff and forced, the effects laughable, but if you watch this film for nothing more than to be entertained, you'll not be disappointed. This film is what makes *B* films so much fun....they're cheesy and campy and made on a budget of about $1.50, but you can't help watching it and coming back time and time, again.