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20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) was a Fantasy - Horror Film directed by Nathan Juran and produced by Charles H. Schneer.

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[last lines]
Dr. Judson Uhl: Why is it always, always so costly for Man to move from the present to the future?


Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh: What I have to say you will find incredible- but true. Colonel Calder here has just returned from an expedition to Venus.
Contino: To Venice?
[Turning to Charra]
Contino: Perhaps you mean Venezia?
Col. Robert Calder: [Impatiently] To Venus! The planet Venus!


Dr. Judson Uhl: I've had nightmares in my time, but I've never dreamed of anything like this.


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One of the reasons the film takes place in Italy is that Ray Harryhausen always wanted to vacation there but could never afford to go on his own.
The Ymir roars in the film are variations of elephant roars sped up and modulated in pitches at different rates.
Ray Harryhausen's original design for the monster was a giant cyclops, similar to the one he later used in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. He discarded the idea after making a clay model of it, and eventually settled on the reptilian Ymir.
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