1957·Science Fiction·1h 22m
7.0
★
When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.
Directed by Nathan Juran
elephant
rome, italy
colosseum
italy
sicily, italy
military officer
space travel
stop motion
black and white
military
venus the planet
scientific expedition
alien monster
space exploration
monster movie
extraterrestrial animal
spaceship crash
woman medical student
lone survivor
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Cast
William Hopper
Colonel Robert Calder
Joan Taylor
Marisa Leonardo
Frank Puglia
Dr. Leonardo
John Zaremba
Dr. Judson
Thomas Browne Henry
Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh
Tito Vuolo
Commissario Unte
Jan Arvan
Signore Contino - Government Official
Arthur Space
Dr. Sharman
Bart Braverman
Pepe
Darlene Fields
Reporter Reynolds (uncredited)
Jimmy Dime
Felix Roi, a French reporter (uncredited)
Ray Harryhausen
Man Feeding Elephant (uncredited)
Crew
Nathan Juran
Director
Christopher Knopf
Screenplay
Charles H. Schneer
Producer
Ray Harryhausen
Visual Effects
Charlotte Knight
Story
Popular Reviews
24 reviews
Rach
2.0★ · 10/06/25
the monster was cute
the monster was cute
MikMouze
6.0★ · 01/07/25
The film was ok, it was fun every now and then but not a film I’d watch again
The film was ok, it was fun every now and then but not a film I’d watch again
Marina
5.0★ · 07/26/24
lol
lol
Aaron Townsend
6.0★ · 05/15/23
There was a good amount of the monster in this. They didn’t cheap out on the effects for the monster either. There is so much cool stop motion for it. I also thought having the whole thing be set in Italy was a cool change of pase. Kinda like Italian Godzilla.
There was a good amount of the monster in this. They didn’t cheap out on the effects for the monster either. There is so much cool stop motion for it. I also thought having the whole thing be set in Italy was a cool change of pase. Kinda like Italian Godzilla.
va24mar
6.0★ · 05/02/22
1957 | Aliens visiting Earth
I love dialogues like this. “20 Million Miles to Earth” starts pretty strong. The spaceship crash and the part in the Sicilian village were pretty good, but unfortunately the longer the film ran, the more it lost me.
Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion effects are breathtaking and looks beautiful and the creature design is great too. The problem is, that the human character just aren’t compelling. The fishermen in the beginning were fine, but everyone else is boring and uninteresting. Besides the effects, the film doesn’t have that much to offer.
My pitch for a remake would be to turn this into some kind of buddy cop action-comedy. Get one Italian military guy and one American and have them hunting the alien. I think that sounds fun.
“What I have to say you will find Incredible, but true. Colonel Calder here has just returned from an expedition to Venus.”
”To Venice. You mean Venezia.”
”To Venus, the planet Venus.”
I love dialogues like this. “20 Million Miles to Earth” starts pretty strong. The spaceship crash and the part in the Sicilian village were pretty good, but unfortunately the longer the film ran, the more it lost me.
Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion effects are breathtaking and looks beautiful and the creature design is great too. The problem is, that the human character just aren’t compelling. The fishermen in the beginning were fine, but everyone else is boring and uninteresting. Besides the effects, the film doesn’t have that much to offer.
My pitch for a remake would be to turn this into some kind of buddy cop action-comedy. Get one Italian military guy and one American and have them hunting the alien. I think that sounds fun.
1957 | Aliens visiting Earth
I love dialogues like this. “20 Million Miles to Earth” starts pretty strong. The spaceship crash and the part in the Sicilian village were pretty good, but unfortunately the longer the film ran, the more it lost me.
Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion effects are breathtaking and looks beautiful and the creature design is great too. The problem is, that the human character just aren’t compelling. The fishermen in the beginning were fine, but everyone else is boring and uninteresting. Besides the effects, the film doesn’t have that much to offer.
My pitch for a remake would be to turn this into some kind of buddy cop action-comedy. Get one Italian military guy and one American and have them hunting the alien. I think that sounds fun.
“What I have to say you will find Incredible, but true. Colonel Calder here has just returned from an expedition to Venus.”
”To Venice. You mean Venezia.”
”To Venus, the planet Venus.”
I love dialogues like this. “20 Million Miles to Earth” starts pretty strong. The spaceship crash and the part in the Sicilian village were pretty good, but unfortunately the longer the film ran, the more it lost me.
Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion effects are breathtaking and looks beautiful and the creature design is great too. The problem is, that the human character just aren’t compelling. The fishermen in the beginning were fine, but everyone else is boring and uninteresting. Besides the effects, the film doesn’t have that much to offer.
My pitch for a remake would be to turn this into some kind of buddy cop action-comedy. Get one Italian military guy and one American and have them hunting the alien. I think that sounds fun.