20 Million Miles to Earth

20 Million Miles to Earth.
20 Million Miles to Earth.
Directed by	Nathan Juran
Screenplay by	Bob Williams; Christopher Knopf;
Story by	Charlott Knight; Ray Harryhausen (uncredited);
Produced by	Charles H. Schneer
Starring	William Hopper; Joan Taylor; Frank Puglia;
Narrated by	William Woodson
Cinematography	Irving Lippman; Carlo Ventimiglia;
Edited by	Edwin Bryant
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Color process	Black and white
Production; company	Morningside Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 1957;
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 thriller film directed by Nathan Juran and starring William Hopper, Joan Taylor, and Frank Puglia. It 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. As with several other Schneer-Columbia collaborations, the film was developed to showcase the stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen.

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