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La prima astronave Americana inviata su Venere atterra al largo della costa Siciliana, portando con se una mostruosa creatura simile ad una lucertola che diventa presto gigantesca.La prima astronave Americana inviata su Venere atterra al largo della costa Siciliana, portando con se una mostruosa creatura simile ad una lucertola che diventa presto gigantesca.La prima astronave Americana inviata su Venere atterra al largo della costa Siciliana, portando con se una mostruosa creatura simile ad una lucertola che diventa presto gigantesca.
Thomas Browne Henry
- Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh
- (as Thomas B. Henry)
Bart Braverman
- Pepe
- (as Bart Bradley)
Sid Cassel
- Farmer
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Neil Collins
- Technician
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Paul Cristo
- Police Officer
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Noel Drayton
- 1st Reuters News Correspondent
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Darlene Fields
- Miss Reynolds
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Duke Fishman
- Fisherman
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Michael Garth
- Minor Role
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Ray Harryhausen
- Man Feeding Elephant
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Ronald Hyde
- Policeman Shooting Flamethrower
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizThe film was originally going to be set in Chicago, with the rocket crashing in Lake Michigan. Right before submitting the idea to producer Charles H. Schneer, Ray Harryhausen decided to change the setting to Italy at the last minute, after deciding that he always wanted to go on vacation there.
- BlooperThe spaceship crashes into the water no more than 100 yards from the fishermen. Yet their boats are in no way affected by any disturbance of the water. A vessel that large crashing into the water would have created a large wake that would have at the least rocked the boats heavily, if not capsized them.
- Citazioni
Dr. Judson Uhl: You better tell them we're in a hurry and to roll up the red tape and put it into a drawer until this thing is over!
- Curiosità sui creditiOpening credits prologue: A FISHING VILLAGE IN SICILY
- Versioni alternativeMany local TV stations delete the scene in which the Ymir kills an elephant from a zoo, claiming the scene is a needless depiction of cruelty to animals.
- ConnessioniEdited from Ultimatum alla Terra (1951)
Recensione in evidenza
Fast-Moving & Fun Flick From The Fifties
I think the best thing about this movie is that it's fast-moving. The filmmakers don't waste a lot of time with unnecessary dialog or a sappy romance. They get right to it and stay on track for almost all of the 82 minutes.
Thus, if you like somewhat-hokey 1950s science-fiction movies dealing with space or monsters, or in this case both of them, you should enjoy this little film. Most of it involves trying to cope with a specimen from Venus which quickly grows into a Godzilla-like monster (but smaller).
It seems a space ship had gone to Venus, but crashed on the way home. Only good-guy William Hopper, who used to help Perry Mason win courtroom cases on TV about this same time, survives the crash. The ship lands in a big body of water off Italy. The specimen, about the size of a trout, washes onshore where a little boy finds it and then shows it to his scientist-uncle. Within hours, it seems, the "thing" begins to break out of its ice encasing and - presto! - we have a small little Godzilla. Hours later, it's about the size of a small man. Very soon it's several times the size of a man.
Here's the good and bad news on the special-effects, which are crucial to a film like this. With Hall of Fame FX man Ray Harryhausen, you know you're going to get the best of what you can expect from a film 50 years ago. Compared to most films of its ilk during the '50s, this is good stuff and the creature looks and moves in a pretty realistic manner. The only "goof" is that in some scenes, such as the one in the barn, the monster looks about three feet high in some shots, and 20 feet in others. The scale gets thrown out of whack a few times and then several times later in the film. Thus, you never really know how big this lizard-creature is. Overall, however, it's still done extremely well for its time period.
There is a scene, too, where the alien creature fights an elephant! Once again, for something 50 years old, they did an excellent job re-creating what that fight might look like. It was well done....and how often do you see a monster fighting an elephant?? Pretty cool stuff. By the way, I watched the colorized version and the monster was green.
The acting is passable, too. Hopper, as "Col. Robert Calder," knows what's he doing, as do most others in here. Some of the actors are familiar faces from '50s and '60s television. The female interest - which is played down - has Joan Taylor as "Marisa Leonardo." She's a bit bland but not bad-looking. She reminded me of Phyllis Coates, from the first season of "The Adventures Of Superman."
All in all, if you're looking for a campy and fun, along with fast-moving classic-era sci-fi flick, this is highly recommended. You won't be bored.
Thus, if you like somewhat-hokey 1950s science-fiction movies dealing with space or monsters, or in this case both of them, you should enjoy this little film. Most of it involves trying to cope with a specimen from Venus which quickly grows into a Godzilla-like monster (but smaller).
It seems a space ship had gone to Venus, but crashed on the way home. Only good-guy William Hopper, who used to help Perry Mason win courtroom cases on TV about this same time, survives the crash. The ship lands in a big body of water off Italy. The specimen, about the size of a trout, washes onshore where a little boy finds it and then shows it to his scientist-uncle. Within hours, it seems, the "thing" begins to break out of its ice encasing and - presto! - we have a small little Godzilla. Hours later, it's about the size of a small man. Very soon it's several times the size of a man.
Here's the good and bad news on the special-effects, which are crucial to a film like this. With Hall of Fame FX man Ray Harryhausen, you know you're going to get the best of what you can expect from a film 50 years ago. Compared to most films of its ilk during the '50s, this is good stuff and the creature looks and moves in a pretty realistic manner. The only "goof" is that in some scenes, such as the one in the barn, the monster looks about three feet high in some shots, and 20 feet in others. The scale gets thrown out of whack a few times and then several times later in the film. Thus, you never really know how big this lizard-creature is. Overall, however, it's still done extremely well for its time period.
There is a scene, too, where the alien creature fights an elephant! Once again, for something 50 years old, they did an excellent job re-creating what that fight might look like. It was well done....and how often do you see a monster fighting an elephant?? Pretty cool stuff. By the way, I watched the colorized version and the monster was green.
The acting is passable, too. Hopper, as "Col. Robert Calder," knows what's he doing, as do most others in here. Some of the actors are familiar faces from '50s and '60s television. The female interest - which is played down - has Joan Taylor as "Marisa Leonardo." She's a bit bland but not bad-looking. She reminded me of Phyllis Coates, from the first season of "The Adventures Of Superman."
All in all, if you're looking for a campy and fun, along with fast-moving classic-era sci-fi flick, this is highly recommended. You won't be bored.
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