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20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
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June 1957 (USA)
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Monster from outerspace runs wild! more
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The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic. full summary | add synopsis
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Fantasy Movie Producer Schneer Dead At 88
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 January 2009, 1:32 AM, PST)
Colorization Endorsed by Legendary Special-Effects Guru
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 30 July 2007)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 January 2009, 1:32 AM, PST)
Colorization Endorsed by Legendary Special-Effects Guru
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 30 July 2007)
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Hurrah for Harryhausen!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| William Hopper | ... | Colonel Robert Calder | |
| Joan Taylor | ... | Marisa Leonardo | |
| Frank Puglia | ... | Dr. Leonardo | |
| John Zaremba | ... | Dr. Judson Uhl | |
| Thomas Browne Henry | ... | Major General A.D. McIntosh (as Thomas B. Henry) | |
| Tito Vuolo | ... | Police Commissioner Charra | |
| Jan Arvan | ... | Contino - Government Official | |
| Arthur Space | ... | Dr. Sharman | |
| Bart Braverman | ... | Pepe (as Bart Bradley) |
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82 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Argentina:Atp |
Finland:K-15 (2000) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
South Korea:All |
South Korea:All (2008) |
Australia:PG |
UK:PG |
USA:Approved (PCA #18428) |
West Germany:12
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Since he planned to use a real elephant for some of the footage in the zoo, Ray Harryhausen asked for one that was 15 feet tall, but the film was only able to procure an eight-foot-tall one for him. In order to make the elephant look much bigger, a 4'6" actor was cast to play the zookeeper.
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Continuity: A fisherman tells another to get the boat hook out. Yet in the prior shot, the boat hook is already extended.
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Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#28.15)" (2002)
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The moment the film begins it draws the viewer into its story about a US mission to Venus that brings back a specimen of a creature that grows at an incredibly rapid rate in Earth's atmosphere. The creature is like nothing else ever before on screen with its lizard-like human head and human torso, and dinosaur like legs and tail. The story naturally concentrates on capturing this creature before it destroys Italy. Like other monster films where the monsters are the sympathetic ones and the real monsters are the people, 20 Million Miles to Earth depicts a creature that is inquiring, basically harmless unless provoked, and heroic despite its eventual fate. Ray Harryhausen did a terrific job with his stop-motion animation, especially when we see the beast battle an elephant in the streets of Rome. The acting is decent, not as bad as some critics would argue. The film is pure entertainment and yet another commentary on mankind and the whole concept of the stranger within our society.