20 Million Miles to Earth

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20 Million Miles to Earth

Released Jun 1, 1957

1h 22m

Sci-Fi

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A manned space flight from Venus crash lands in the Mediterranean, losing its most precious cargo: reptilian eggs from the planet's surface. They come into the possession of an Italian zoologist (Frank Puglia), who watches as one hatches to reveal a rapidly-growing monster. His American granddaughter, Marisa (Joan Taylor), and returned astronaut Calder (William Hopper) must battle with the American and Italian military to corral the creature before it destroys everything in its path.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

That the alien is able to both exhibit and evoke strong feelings is a testament to Harryhausen’s wizardry.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 13, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The plot is simple and the characters are few, which leaves the bipedal beast as the primary source of amusement, screaming and clawing its way across the screen.

Rated: 4/10

Aug 15, 2020

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A very effective monster film of the golden age of B cinema, and Harryhausen is still the king.

Oct 9, 2013

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Rob Humanick

Suite101.com

The lead actor looks a little like Steve Martin, which got me to thinking that digitally inserting that comedian could make something out of this imploded building of a movie.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 18, 2011

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Jason Morgan

Filmcritic.com

Aside from over-interpreting the monster movie's politics, there's no denying that the true star of 20 Million Miles to Earth is clearly animator Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion monster.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 8, 2008

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Rated: 3/5

Jun 13, 2008

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Stop motion black and white done at a high degree. Although the last 20 mins of the movie is entertaining, the first hour is exposition with no…. exposition. I do wish the movie was longer with more monster scenes, but I can give it a pass for the budget of the time. A nice watch for fans of older cinema.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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jeffrey r

I consider the Venusian creature to be Ray Harryhausens finest stop-motion creation. And the final sequence at the Roman Colliseum is inspired...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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william k

Classic creature feature is purely kids' stuff, but is enhanced by Ray Harryhausen's always enjoyable stop-motion effects and a climax in which Rome's tourist spots are gleefully destroyed.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Joel C

A ever-growing creature from Venus runs amok in a town of South Sicily. Creature design and animation is next level along with the compositing techniques. Sometimes that creature really looks like it's there with the actors, especially in the barn scene where a man gets mauled to death. It's a solid blockbuster of its time and it still holds up thanks to well thought out pre-production and great lighting integration. I'm interested in seeing the new colour version.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/22/21

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Audience Member

In a world gone CGI mad, it's nice to watch some Harryhausen magic on occasion. Also, whatever havoc the creature wreaked, we had it coming. That includes the dog. F'ing dog started it. OK... maybe not the elephant, but man, what a fight!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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This is a fun little sci-fi movie from the 1950's. It was a time when claymation monsters were the cutting edge in special effects. To be fair, the effects are revolutionary for their time. The plot is the usual 1950's dinosaur from the past movie. If you like older sci fi movies or are just interested in film history you may enjoy it... if not you'll probably be bored to tears.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Nathan Juran

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William Hopper

Col. Robert Calder

Joan Taylor

Marisa Leonardo

Frank Puglia

Dr. Leonardo

John Zaremba

Dr. Judson Uhl

Thomas Henry

Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh

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Synopsis

A manned space flight from Venus crash lands in the Mediterranean, losing its most precious cargo: reptilian eggs from the planet's surface. They come into the possession of an Italian zoologist (Frank Puglia), who watches as one hatches to reveal a rapidly-growing monster. His American granddaughter, Marisa (Joan Taylor), and returned astronaut Calder (William Hopper) must battle with the American and Italian military to corral the creature before it destroys everything in its path.

Director: Nathan Juran
Producer: Charles H. Schneer
Screenwriter: Robert Creighton Williams, Christopher Knopf
Distributor: Columbia Tristar, Columbia Pictures, Columbia Home Video, Pioneer Entertainment
Production Co: Morningside Worldwide S.A.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 1, 1957, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 22m

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