7.6
“Space nightmares!”
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
June 1, 19571h 22mEN
6.2
167 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Nathan JuranWhere to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Free
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
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Production Companies
Morningside ProductionsColumbia Pictures
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John Chard
8.0Why is it always, always so costly for Man to move from the present to the future? 20 Million Miles to Earth is written by Bob Williams and Christopher Knopf from an original treatment by Charlott Knight. The film was produced by Charles H. Schneer's Morningside Productions for Columbia Pictures and directed by Nathan H. Juran. It stars William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia and a Ymir, a creation by stop-motion maestro Ray Harryhausen. The plot sees an American rocket ship on its return from a mission to Venus, crash land in the Mediterranean Sea near the Sicilian village of Gerra. S…
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