20 Million Miles to Earth

20 Million Miles to Earth

82 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Feb. 8, 1957

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.

20 Million Miles to Earth

82 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Feb. 8, 1957

20 Million Miles to Earth
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Columbia Pictures, Morningside Productions
Original title 20 Million Miles to Earth
Directors Nathan H. Juran
Writers Charlotte Knight, Christopher Knopf, Robert Creighton Williams

Cast

William Hopper

as Colonel Robert Calder

Joan Taylor

as Marisa Leonardo

Frank Puglia

as Dr. Leonardo

John Zaremba

as Dr. Judson

Thomas Browne Henry

as Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh

Tito Vuolo

as Commissario Unte

Jan Arvan

as Signore Contino - Government Official

Arthur Space

as Dr. Sharman

Bart Braverman

as Pepe

Don Orlando

as Fisherman Mondello (uncredited)

George Khoury

as Fisherman Verrico (uncredited)

Darlene Fields

as Reporter Reynolds (uncredited)

George Pelling

as Reporter Maples (uncredited)

James Dime

as Felix Roi, a French reporter (uncredited)

Sid Cassel

as Farmer (uncredited)

Ray Harryhausen

as Man Feeding Elephant (uncredited)

Noel Drayton

as 1st Reuters News Correspondent (uncredited)

Rollin Moriyama

as Dr. Koruku - Japanese Scientist