20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) on Netflix
NR19571h 22mAdventureFamilyFantasy
A rocket returning from Venus crashes into the sea off Sicily. Fishermen pull Colonel Robert Calder from the wreck, and a boy named Pepe finds a canister holding a gelatinous mass.
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Plot summary
The XY-21, the first American spaceship sent to Venus, goes down in the Mediterranean off Sicily. Fishermen board the wreck and pull two injured crewmen out before it sinks. In Washington, D.C., Major General A.D. McIntosh learns the ship has been found and flies to Sicily, where a container from the flight is still missing. On the beach, Pepe, a boy, finds a cylinder marked USAF and sells the gelatinous mass inside it to Dr. Leonardo, a zoologist. The mass hatches in Leonardo's trailer and begins to grow.
Cast
- Don Orlandoas Fisherman Mondello (uncredited)
- George Khouryas Verrico
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
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- Rome was chosen as the filming location for 20 Million Miles to Earth because Ray Harryhausen wanted to vacation there, and the Italian shoot began in September 1956 with only William Hopper of the main cast.
- Gene Simmons, the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, said his trademark stalking stage moves were inspired by the creature Ymir from 20 Million Miles to Earth.
- Ray Harryhausen wanted 20 Million Miles to Earth shot in color but the filmmakers were not given a budget large enough for it; in 2007, five years after the film's director died, he worked with colorization company Legend Films to make a colorized version.
- Most of the noises made by the creature Ymir in the film are recordings of elephant noises played at a higher speed.
