20 Million Miles to Earth

Directed by Nathan Juran

With William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba and Thomas Browne Henry

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save Colonel Robert Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.