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This 50's sci-fi film has always been one of my favorites from that era.
As with another Columbia Pictures film - "Earth vs.the Flying Saucers",released the previous year - "20 Million Miles To Earth" features
some of the same cast: Joan Taylor, Thomas Browne Henry and John Zaremba,
(William Hopper{Det.Paul Drake of the Perry Mason TV Series}replaces Hugh
Marlowe as the leading male protagonist).
This film also has a relatively simple, straightforward plot, literate
script and dialogue, plenty of action and a brisk pace. And as with "Earth
vs.the Flying Saucers", the main attraction is the outstanding special
effects of Ray Harryhausen. It is because of these similarities that I
consider the two films companion pieces.
Leonard Maltin calls "20 Million Miles To Earth" one of the best monster-on-the-loose movies ever, and I certainly agree. The sulphur-eating, reptilian-like Venusian creature, "the Ymir's" titanic struggle with an
elephant in the streets of Rome, preceding the climatic confrontation in
the Colosseum with mankind, remains one of the greatest one-to-one creature
battles of all time.
BTW, Nathan Juran also directed "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" the next year,
featuring more great effects from Harryhausen. - AH
Oh, I remember that one... yes, it was pretty cool... like his Jason and the Argonauts movie. Also liked the Quatermas movie where they dig up an ancient Martian space ship under London, and Village of the Damned.. and Rodan. For some reason I associate all these movies together (maybe saw all around the same time or gave me the same sort of vibes)
The first of the Hammer Productions series, "The Creeping Unknown"-1956 (The Quatermass Experiment-British Title), along with "The Man From Planet X"-
1951, were two films I saw as a child that I've never seen as an adult.
I remember they both made a horrific impression on me and the images have
stayed with me over the years. Actually, I only saw a portion of "The Man
From Planet X", my dad woke me at 2 or 3 AM in the morning to view, but that was enough for my sleep-fogged 7 year old mind - talk about a visceral
shock when I first laid eyes on the eerie-looking little alien! - AH
Gosh, I love this flck too, well done, with great effects and a good story line, a classic for sure.
greg horn
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