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Release Date:
June 1957 (USA)
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Monster from outerspace runs wild! See more »
Plot:
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 » | Full synopsis »
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | William Hopper | ... | Col. Robert Calder |
 | Joan Taylor | ... | Marisa Leonardo |
 | Frank Puglia | ... | Dr. Leonardo |
| John Zaremba | ... | Dr. Judson Uhl |
| Thomas Browne Henry | ... | Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh (as Thomas B. Henry) |
| Tito Vuolo | ... | Commissario Charra |
| Jan Arvan | ... | Signore Contino - Government Official |
| Arthur Space | ... | Dr. Sharman |
 | Bart Braverman | ... | Pepe (as Bart Bradley) |
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| Sid Cassel | ... | Farmer - First Victim (uncredited) |
| James Dime | ... | Felix Roy - French News Correspondent (uncredited) |
| Noel Drayton | ... | 1st Reuters News Correspondent (uncredited) |
| Darlene Fields | ... | Miss Reynolds (uncredited) |
| Michael Garth | ... | Minor Role (uncredited) |
 | Ray Harryhausen | ... | Man Feeding Elephant (uncredited) |
| George Khoury | ... | Verrico (uncredited) |
| Saverio LoMedico | ... | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Rollin Moriyama | ... | Dr. Koruku - Japanese Scientist (uncredited) |
| Don Orlando | ... | Mondello (uncredited) |
| George Pelling | ... | Maples - 2nd Reuters News Correspondent (uncredited) |
| Jerry Riggio | ... | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Barry Russo | ... | American Embassy Aide (uncredited) |
| John Sorrentino | ... | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| William Woodson | ... | Opening off-screen narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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| Nathan Juran | |||
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| Robert Creighton Williams | (screenplay) (as Bob Williams) & | |
| Christopher Knopf | (screenplay) | |
| Charlotte Knight | (story) (as Charlott Knight) | |
Produced by | |||
| Charles H. Schneer | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Mischa Bakaleinikoff | (uncredited) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Irving Lippman | (director of photography) | ||
| Carlo Ventimiglia | (director of photography) (as Carlos Ventigmilia) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Edwin H. Bryant | (as Edwin Bryant) | ||
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| Cary Odell | |||
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| Robert Priestley | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Ottavio Oppo | .... | assistant director (as Octavio Oppo) | |
| Eddie Saeta | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Lambert E. Day | .... | sound (as Lambert Day) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Lawrence W. Butler | .... | special effects director (uncredited) | |
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| Ray Harryhausen | .... | technical effects created by | |
Stunts | |||
| Dale Van Sickel | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Production Companies
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents)
- Morningside Productions (as A Morningside Production)
- Columbia Pictures (1957) (USA) (theatrical)
- Columbia Film-Verleih (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Columbia International Films (1957) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (1957) (UK) (theatrical)
- Pioneer Entertainment (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
- Egmont Entertainment (2000) (Finland) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Emerald (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
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82 min
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1.85 : 1 See more »
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Australia:PG | UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #18428) | West Germany:12 (nf) | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-15 (2000) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:All | South Korea:All (2008) | Netherlands:18 (original rating) | UK:X (original rating) (passed with cuts)
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Cameo: [Ray Harryhausen]a man feeding peanuts to the elephant that later battles the Ymir. He did so because the actor scheduled to play the part didn't show up. He later appears in a crowd fleeing the zoo.See more »
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Revealing mistakes: The General says they are looking for a metal canister, and it does have metal bands around it but the canister itself is opaque - clearly plastic.See more »
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Referenced in "The Cinema Snob: The Beast (#4.25)" (2012)See more »
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This is a simple enough film. Rocket returning from Venus crashes near Sicily and a foetal thing grows to become a giant lizardy humanoid type thing. The acting is ordinary and the script predictable.
What makes it better than average for a 1950s monster movie is the Ray Harryhausen animated Venusian, called a Ymir here. Photographed in atmospheric black and white, its progress from small caged creature to being loose and dangerous on the streets of Rome and fighting an elephant is engrossing. You can't help rooting for the Ymir, attacked along the way by dogs and soldiers. The Ymir becomes a character like Frankenstein's creation or the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Excellent work by Harryhausen, and far more interesting than the CGI dinosaurs from Spielberg's over praised (and underwhelming) Jurassic Park trilogy.