20 Million Miles to Earth

Actors:  William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba 
Rating: 7 out of 10, stilted black and white sci fi tale that has a 1950s rocket ship crashing off Sicily upon returning from Venus.  A young Italian boy scavenges a glob from the beach that grows into one of Ray Harryhousen’s creatures that ends up terrorizing Rome and having a knock down drag out fight with an elephant.  Plant your tongue firmly in your cheek at the cringe worthy dialogue and enjoy some of Harrryhousen’s early work
MVP:  Taylor as a strong woman in the chauvinistic fifties