The Paw
Directed by	Hans Steinhoff
Written by	Rudolph Cartier Egon Eis Otto Eis
Produced by	Carl Heinz Jarosy
Starring	Charlotte Susa Hans Rehmann Fritz Rasp
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori
Edited by	Tonka Taldy
Music by	Felice Montagnini
Production companies	Orplid-Film Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	Messtro-Film
Release date	10 November 1931 (1931-11-10)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Paw (German: Die Pranke) is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Charlotte Susa, Hans Rehmann, and Fritz Rasp.^[1] It was made as a co-production with the Italian Cines Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Daniele Crespi. A separate Italian version The Man with the Claw was also made.

A notorious criminal and serial killer commits a series of murders using a strangely-shaped hand leading the police to nickname him "The Paw". When he murders the engineer of a brand new racing car, one of the drivers takes the investigation into his own hands.

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

• The Paw at IMDb

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