20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
- Starring:
- William Hopper, Joan Taylor, (more)
- Director(s):
- Nathan Juran
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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One of special-effects wizard Ray Harryhausen's pre-Seventh Voyage of Sinbad efforts, 20 Million Miles to Earth borrows a few pages from King Kong. An American spaceship crashlands off the coast of Sicily. The rescue party discovers that the astronauts have inadvertently brought back a curious gelatinous mass from the planet Venus. This lump of goo rapidly evolves into be a living reptilian creature, which scientists label an "Ymir". While being subjected to laboratory experimentation, the Ymir begins growing by leaps and bounds, and before long the gigantic monstrosity has escaped and is wreaking havoc in Rome. After battling a zoo elephant and taking a swim in the Tiber, the gargantuan creature holes up in the Colosseum, where the film's pyrotechnic finale occurs. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 165 mins
Complete Cast:
- William Hopper - Calder
- Frank Puglia - Dr. Leonardo
- Thomas Brown Henry - Gen. A.D. McIntosh
- Jan Arvan - Signore Contino
- Bart Bradley - Pepe
- George Khoury - Verrico
- Rollin Moriyama - Dr. Koruku
- Ray Harryhausen - Man Feeding Elephants
- Joan Taylor - Marisa
- John Zaremba - Dr. Judson Uhl
- Tito Vuolo - Comisario of Police
- Arthur Space - Sharman
- George Pelling - Mr. Maples
- Don Orlando - Mondello
- Dale Van Sickel - Stuntman
- Director(s):
- Nathan Juran
- Writer(s):
- Christopher Knopf, Bob Williams
- Producer(s):
- Charles H. Schneer
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Violence, Questionable for Children)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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