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Directed by | Nathan Juran |
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Produced by | Charles H. Schneer |
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Narrated by | William Woodson |
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Edited by | Edwin Bryant |
Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
Production company | Morningside Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
20 Million Miles to Earth (also known as The Beast from Space) is a 1957 American science-fiction monster film directed by Nathan Juran and featuring stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen. It stars William Hopper, Joan Taylor, and Frank Puglia. Set in Italy, the film centers on an alien lifeform from Venus that arrives via a crashed rocket, and begins rapidly growing.
The film was produced by Charles H. Schneer's Morningside Productions for Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Bob Williams and Christopher Knopf from an original treatment by Charlott Knight and Harryhausen. It was released theatrically in June 1957, to positive reviews.