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The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.
Thomas Browne Henry
- Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh
- (as Thomas B. Henry)
Bart Braverman
- Pepe
- (as Bart Bradley)
Sid Cassel
- Farmer
- (uncredited)
Neil Collins
- Technician
- (uncredited)
Paul Cristo
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Noel Drayton
- 1st Reuters News Correspondent
- (uncredited)
Darlene Fields
- Miss Reynolds
- (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
- Fisherman
- (uncredited)
Michael Garth
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Ray Harryhausen
- Man Feeding Elephant
- (uncredited)
Ronald Hyde
- Policeman Shooting Flamethrower
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was originally going to be set in Chicago, with the rocket crashing in Lake Michigan. Right before submitting the idea to producer Charles H. Schneer, Ray Harryhausen decided to change the setting to Italy at the last minute, after deciding that he always wanted to go on vacation there.
- GoofsThe spaceship crashes into the water no more than 100 yards from the fishermen. Yet their boats are in no way affected by any disturbance of the water. A vessel that large crashing into the water would have created a large wake that would have at the least rocked the boats heavily, if not capsized them.
- Quotes
Dr. Judson Uhl: You better tell them we're in a hurry and to roll up the red tape and put it into a drawer until this thing is over!
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: A FISHING VILLAGE IN SICILY
- Alternate versionsMany local TV stations delete the scene in which the Ymir kills an elephant from a zoo, claiming the scene is a needless depiction of cruelty to animals.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
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Better than average
This is a simple enough film. Rocket returning from Venus crashes near Sicily and a foetal thing grows to become a giant lizardy humanoid type thing. The acting is ordinary and the script predictable.
What makes it better than average for a 1950s monster movie is the Ray Harryhausen animated Venusian, called a Ymir here. Photographed in atmospheric black and white, its progress from small caged creature to being loose and dangerous on the streets of Rome and fighting an elephant is engrossing. You can't help rooting for the Ymir, attacked along the way by dogs and soldiers. The Ymir becomes a character like Frankenstein's creation or the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Excellent work by Harryhausen, and far more interesting than the CGI dinosaurs from Spielberg's over praised (and underwhelming) Jurassic Park trilogy.
What makes it better than average for a 1950s monster movie is the Ray Harryhausen animated Venusian, called a Ymir here. Photographed in atmospheric black and white, its progress from small caged creature to being loose and dangerous on the streets of Rome and fighting an elephant is engrossing. You can't help rooting for the Ymir, attacked along the way by dogs and soldiers. The Ymir becomes a character like Frankenstein's creation or the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Excellent work by Harryhausen, and far more interesting than the CGI dinosaurs from Spielberg's over praised (and underwhelming) Jurassic Park trilogy.
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- henry-girling
- Aug 12, 2003
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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