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 one of the astronauts Colonel 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.
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
Stars: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry, Tito Vuolo
Crew: Nathan Juran (Director), Charles H. Schneer (Producer), Robert Creighton Williams (Screenplay), Christopher Knopf (Screenplay), Mischa Bakaleinikoff (Original Music Composer), Ray Harryhausen (Visual Effects)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Morningside Productions, Columbia Pictures
Runtime: 82 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 08, 1957
IMDb: 4.9
Keywords:elephant, rome, italy, colosseum, italy, sicily, italy, military officer, space travel, stop motion, black and white, military, venus the planet, scientific expedition, alien monster, space exploration, monster movie, extraterrestrial animal, spaceship crash, woman medical student, lone survivor
