10-Q/A

                            AMENDED RETURN
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                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
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                               FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

    [X]    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     For the quarterly period ended       March 31, 1996        

                                  OR

    [ ]   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from   Not Applicable   to                  

     Commission file number            1-6016               

                         THE ALLEN GROUP INC.                         
        (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


            Delaware                              38-0290950          
(State or Other Jurisdiction of    (I.R.S. Employer IdentificationNo.)
 Incorporation or Organization)


25101 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 350, Beachwood, Ohio      44122 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)    216-765-5818  

                           NOT APPLICABLE                             
Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if ChangedSince
Last Report

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed allreports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has beensubject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                                                  Yes  X    No    

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's
classes of common stock:
                                              Outstanding at
     Class of Common Stock                    April 30, 1996

     Par value $1.00 per share                  26,597,663  

Exhibit Index is on page 13 of this report.

                          Page 1 of 15 Pages.


                                EXHIBIT 27
                          FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE

EX-27

 

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