Title: 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH
Summary: The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic. #sci-fi #sciencefiction
YOP 1957
Cast: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Thomas Browne Henry
Director Nathan Juran
Writer Robert Creighton Williams(screenplay), Christopher Knopf(screenplay), Charlott Knight(story)
Summary: The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic. #sci-fi #sciencefiction
YOP 1957
Cast: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Thomas Browne Henry
Director Nathan Juran
Writer Robert Creighton Williams(screenplay), Christopher Knopf(screenplay), Charlott Knight(story)
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Short filmTranscript
00:00:00Great scientific advances are oftentimes sudden accomplished facts before most of us are even
00:00:17dimly aware of them.
00:00:20Breathtakingly unexpected, for example, was the searing flash that announced the atomic
00:00:24age.
00:00:27Equally unexpected was the next gigantic stride, when man moved out of his very orbit to a
00:00:33point more than 20 million miles to Earth.
00:01:33Pepe, is it your desire that the fishes, they swim away?
00:01:44Come on, pull up on the net, here.
00:01:47Fishin' nets.
00:01:49Many people roach to catch a little fish.
00:01:53Now in Texas, that's where one little roach, he catches a bigger cow.
00:01:58The net, the net.
00:02:01Texas.
00:02:03Texas.
00:02:05What is that?
00:02:07Oh, Mandelo, you do not know of Texas.
00:02:10She's a big country across the sea, near America.
00:02:14That's where the cowboys...
00:02:15Silencio!
00:02:30Look!
00:03:00We go back.
00:03:18Why, Federico?
00:03:19It is a possibility that in the aircraft there may be people.
00:03:22But Federico, there is no usual aircraft.
00:03:25There are no people on it.
00:03:26Oh, Mandelo, you know this thing you say, huh?
00:03:29You were perhaps inside of it, huh?
00:03:31What are we, children or men of the sea?
00:03:34We go back.
00:03:36We go back.
00:03:59We go back.
00:04:18A hole.
00:04:41Take a good look.
00:04:48Mandelo, you come with me.
00:04:49It may be I will need your help.
00:04:51Why me, Federico?
00:04:52Why me?
00:04:53Do you not boast to be the bravest man in all Sicily?
00:04:55Come on!
00:05:25Mandelo, look!
00:05:28Federico!
00:05:30Mandelo!
00:05:54Federico!
00:06:15This man is still alive.
00:06:44Take him to the boat.
00:06:45Quickly!
00:06:50Take him.
00:06:57Bring him.
00:07:16Come on.
00:07:45Federico!
00:07:55Federico!
00:08:07Row, row, Pepe, row.
00:08:08It is dangerous here.
00:08:10Federico!
00:08:11There may be other people inside.
00:08:13Never mind the other people.
00:08:14We must save yourself!
00:08:15Come on, let's go!
00:08:45Come on, Federico.
00:08:51Federico, it is yours.
00:09:01There must have been more than two men in there.
00:09:10Almost.
00:09:11Certainly, Pepe.
00:09:12But we could not reach them.
00:09:14May they rest in peace.
00:09:43Well, from all indications, she is splashed in somewhere right here.
00:09:5420,000 leagues into the sea.
00:09:57Perhaps not, General.
00:09:58Caldermay never gained control.
00:10:00I appreciate your optimism, Doctor, but that's the way it reads.
00:10:04We got a radar blip on her just off Iceland.
00:10:07Altitude, 200 miles.
00:10:08Rate of descent, what was it?
00:10:113,500 feet per minute, sir.
00:10:13Another sighting by Stillman from Marseilles.
00:10:16Rate of descent still 3,500 feet per minute.
00:10:19I'm sorry, Doctor, that puts her right down with the fish.
00:10:23What makes me sick inside is that they were so close.
00:10:26So very, very close.
00:10:28They made it there and almost made it back.
00:10:33Major Stacy speaking.
00:10:37Hold it.
00:10:38Tell the General.
00:10:40McIntosh.
00:10:41Yes?
00:10:44Where? Is that confirmed?
00:10:48She's down off Sicily, Doctor.
00:10:51Only a few kilometers off the coast of a fishing village named Gera.
00:10:55Where is it?
00:10:56There it is, right there.
00:10:59Major, we'll need the cooperation and the courtesy of the Italian government.
00:11:03So get the State Department on the phone.
00:11:05Tell them we've got a green light from the White House
00:11:07and tell them to get the Italian Embassy to clear the path for us.
00:11:09You better tell them we're in a hurry and to roll up the red tape
00:11:11and put it away in a drawer until this thing is over.
00:11:13Yes, sir.
00:11:14After that, call transport.
00:11:15Tell them the Doctor and I are leaving now for Sicily.
00:11:18Yes, sir.
00:11:24Presto, andiamo.
00:11:27Andiamo.
00:11:34Mettilo là .
00:11:36Take them to the Comune di Gera, quickly.
00:11:39Pondella, get it up, subito.
00:11:41Si, signor Commissario.
00:11:52Fate largo, per favore.
00:11:53Per favore, fate largo.
00:11:55Ferri, you were inside of the wreck.
00:11:56Were all of those two men aboard?
00:11:58No, I was inside with the Mandello.
00:12:00We saw one more man, but it was a certainty he was dead.
00:12:04But Signore Commissario, the ship of the air, she was so big, so vast.
00:12:09Surely there must have been other men inside, too.
00:12:13Now, I want you to remember everything that happened
00:12:15and tell me about it slowly.
00:12:27Signor Commissario.
00:12:28Signor Commissario.
00:12:29Che c'è?
00:12:30The Doctor is not at home.
00:12:31He's far over Signore Martinelli.
00:12:33He's immediately to have un bambino, perhaps twins as before.
00:12:36Who knows?
00:12:37And Signor Martinelli's a very sick man.
00:12:39Ah, that's too bad.
00:12:45Where is that old Doctor from Rome traveling with his American granddaughter?
00:12:49Is he still here?
00:12:50The old man with the house on the wheels.
00:12:52Pepe would know.
00:12:53Pepe!
00:12:55Pepe!
00:12:56Pepe sells them worthless shellfish, anything of no value.
00:13:00Pepe!
00:13:02Pepe!
00:13:05Si, Verico?
00:13:06You have need for me?
00:13:07That old Doctor from Rome who travels here, do you know where he is?
00:13:10Doctor Leonardo?
00:13:11Si, si, proprio lui.
00:13:12He has come down the Via Messina, only a small kilometer from the residence of Signor Greppi.
00:13:17Good. Do you know where the place is?
00:13:19Of course.
00:13:20Get the Doctor here at once.
00:13:22Si, immediatamente.
00:13:23Pepe!
00:13:24Pepe!
00:13:37Pepe!
00:13:38Pepe!
00:14:08Pepe!
00:14:09Pepe!
00:14:10Pepe!
00:14:11Pepe!
00:14:12Pepe!
00:14:13Doctor Leonardo!
00:14:14Doctor Leonardo!
00:14:15Eh, che c'è, che c'è?
00:14:16Come with me, please.
00:14:17Come now, come quickly.
00:14:18A great aircraft fell into the sea.
00:14:19It's a terrible tragedy.
00:14:20And the two men need you now.
00:14:21Slowly, slowly, my friend.
00:14:22Do I understand there has been an air crash and men have been hurt?
00:14:23Si, si.
00:14:24And Dottore Borino, the only one we have, is with Signor Martinelli, who's about to have
00:14:25twins, triple, perhaps more.
00:14:26Who could know?
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00:17:28Pepe!
00:17:29Pepe!
00:17:30Si, doctor?
00:17:31Please tell me, where did you find that thing?
00:17:33In the water, doctor!
00:17:34In the sea!
00:17:58Pepe!
00:17:59Pepe!
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00:18:37Ah...
00:18:38I know.
00:18:39You want to know where you are.
00:18:40In Girra.
00:18:41Girra?
00:18:42A village in southern Sicily.
00:18:46Well, that's where we figured.
00:18:51Any others, how are they?
00:18:54As far as I know, your aircraft's at the bottom of the sea.
00:18:59Whoever else was on it.
00:19:01Oh, except for this man.
00:19:04His condition is critical.
00:19:07I'm sorry, but you're in no condition to get out of bed.
00:19:10Doctor. Dr. Sharman.
00:19:12I must ask you to leave this man alone. He's extremely ill.
00:19:15Please. Dr. Sharman.
00:19:17Will you leave this man alone and go back to your bed?
00:19:19Listen, nurse, I'm in no mood to argue with you.
00:19:21I'm not a nurse.
00:19:23I'm a doctor.
00:19:25Or almost a doctor, and this man may be dying.
00:19:28All right, almost a doctor.
00:19:30Do you know what's wrong with him?
00:19:33No, not exactly.
00:19:34Well, I do, and I know it's fatal.
00:19:37Eight of my crew have already died from it.
00:19:39Now, if you must stay here, stand still and be quiet, please.
00:19:42Doctor. Dr. Sharman. Can you hear me?
00:19:45Will you please lie down?
00:19:46Please. Doctor.
00:19:49Are we...
00:19:51Are we going to make it?
00:19:54Make it back?
00:19:55We are back. We are back.
00:19:57Look, you're suffering from exhaustion.
00:19:59Please get back in bed. Quiet!
00:20:03The animal specimen.
00:20:07Is it all right?
00:20:09I don't know. We crashed into the Mediterranean,
00:20:11and I guess it went down with the wreck.
00:20:13The others are dead.
00:20:15The others are dead.
00:20:19Make them...
00:20:21Make them find...
00:20:26My... My nurse.
00:20:32Doctor. Will you lie down? Nurse!
00:20:35Doctor, how long can it live encased in that metal cylinder?
00:20:38I've got to know. It's our only hope.
00:20:41Doctor. Cooperative, informative, altogether a joy and a pleasure to be around.
00:20:53Now, what specimen? What fatal disease?
00:20:56Would you mind telling me what this is all about?
00:21:00I'm sorry.
00:21:04I mean it.
00:21:06But I can't.
00:21:08Can't or won't?
00:21:10Both.
00:21:16He's dead.
00:21:19I know.
00:21:31Better get some sleep.
00:21:45Good night.
00:22:02Pleasant dreams.
00:22:15Good night.
00:22:45Grandpa?
00:22:47Grandpa!
00:22:50What is it, mia cara?
00:22:54My gloves. Where are my gloves?
00:22:57Under the table.
00:23:02What is it? Where did it come from?
00:23:05Pepe, look.
00:23:07Pepe, look.
00:23:09Pepe, look.
00:23:11Pepe, look.
00:23:13Pepe.
00:23:15The little fisher boy.
00:23:18I've never seen anything like this before.
00:23:20No scientific record of such a creature.
00:23:24Look at the torso.
00:23:26The torso's that of a human being.
00:23:30And the articulation of the legs.
00:23:33Look at it. Look at it.
00:23:36But from where?
00:23:41The cage. The cage.
00:23:46It's a soft cloth, Marisa.
00:23:48The flooring of the cage is rough and hard.
00:24:02So very ugly.
00:24:04And yet it seems so frightening.
00:24:16Come inside, mia cara.
00:24:23Marisa, come.
00:24:45Come inside.
00:25:06Marisa!
00:25:08Marisa!
00:25:11What is it, Grandpa?
00:25:14Come here. Come here.
00:25:18Observe, mia cara.
00:25:20Observe our strange friend.
00:25:22Look how much he has grown in but a few hours.
00:25:24It's unbelievable.
00:25:26Think, Marisa.
00:25:28Think of what will be said when I bring this strange creature
00:25:32to the Giardino Zoologico in Rome.
00:25:34You know?
00:25:36How I'm going to the village,
00:25:38and I'm going to see the young fisher boy
00:25:40and learn from him where in the sea it was
00:25:42that he found our friend.
00:26:09Can you inform me of whereabouts the boy Pepe?
00:26:11Pepe?
00:26:13He's right over here playing like a Texas cowboy.
00:26:15Where?
00:26:17Oh, he has gone.
00:26:19Yet he was here a few moments ago.
00:26:21But I will see him tonight, dottore,
00:26:23and I will tell him to seek you tomorrow.
00:26:25Tomorrow I won't be here.
00:26:28I'm just now on my way to Rome.
00:26:41Come on.
00:27:06Welcome to Cerra.
00:27:08May I introduce myself, General?
00:27:10I'm the commissary of the police.
00:27:12Thank you, signorante. This is Dr. Yule.
00:27:14Piacere.
00:27:16From the government in Rome, I received a telegram.
00:27:18I'm to cooperate with you.
00:27:20I'm at your service, signor.
00:27:22Now, if you will come with me, I will take you to your Colonel Calder.
00:27:24He's not, uh... He's not badly hurt.
00:27:27Oh, no, General. Don't you worry.
00:27:29He recovers quickly.
00:27:31It's all I could do to keep him from coming to meet you himself.
00:27:33This way, please.
00:27:52Congratulations, Bob.
00:27:54You made it. You made it!
00:27:56The first man in all history. How does it feel?
00:27:58Fine, sir, except that, well...
00:28:00Yes, I know.
00:28:02It's tragic the others died in the moment of their glory.
00:28:04But still, and I mean it, you deserve congratulations.
00:28:07Mine, too, Bob.
00:28:09You did a magnificent, heroic job.
00:28:11Is there some place where we can talk privately?
00:28:13My office is yours, General.
00:28:15This way, please.
00:28:39Attenzione.
00:28:42The Commissario is waiting for you in his office.
00:28:50Signor Contino.
00:28:52Avanti, per favore. I'm honored, signore.
00:28:54Gentlemen, may I introduce signor Contino
00:28:56from the Italian Department of State.
00:28:58General Mackintosh.
00:29:00Signor.
00:29:02Colonel Calder.
00:29:05Dr. Yule.
00:29:07I want to thank you for coming so promptly, signor.
00:29:09And I want to thank your government
00:29:11for expressing its desire to cooperate in this matter.
00:29:13I must beg you, however,
00:29:15for the moment to observe strict secrecy.
00:29:17It is understood.
00:29:19What I have to say,
00:29:21you will find incredible,
00:29:23but true.
00:29:27Colonel Calder here has just returned
00:29:30from an expedition to Venus.
00:29:32To Venice.
00:29:35Perhaps you mean Venezia.
00:29:37To Venus. The planet Venus.
00:29:39The planet Venus?
00:29:41That is correct.
00:29:43I was informed this matter was connected with something vast.
00:29:46But the...
00:29:48The planet Venus?
00:29:51Man's first interplanetary voyage.
00:29:53On the return trip,
00:29:55the spaceship was crippled by a meteor.
00:29:57Except for Colonel Calder here,
00:29:59the entire crew perished.
00:30:01I am grieved.
00:30:03The consensus is this, signor.
00:30:05The atmosphere on Venus is such that a human being
00:30:07cannot breathe and survive for long,
00:30:09even after using what we considered
00:30:11foolproof respiratory equipment.
00:30:13Several members of the expedition died there
00:30:16before the others realized the danger.
00:30:18And Dr. Charmin, the chief scientist,
00:30:20also became fatally ill.
00:30:22He died here, after the ship crash.
00:30:24Fascinating.
00:30:26Horrible, but fascinating.
00:30:28Now, on that ship
00:30:30was a particular sealed object.
00:30:32A particular sealed metal container.
00:30:34In it is an unborn specimen
00:30:36of the animal life on the planet.
00:30:38We've got to find it.
00:30:41Our task is to discover in what physiological way
00:30:43life is able to survive and to flourish there.
00:30:45Not until that secret is learned
00:30:47can another expedition expect a return.
00:30:49And return we must.
00:30:51For on Venus, important minerals were discovered
00:30:53that would be a vast benefit to our own civilization.
00:30:55I am at your disposal, General.
00:30:57In what way may I assist you?
00:30:59We need divers.
00:31:01We need to find the specimen.
00:31:03They will be here in the morning.
00:31:11Don't you want me to drive for a while?
00:31:13No, no, cara.
00:31:15Non sono stando. Grazie.
00:31:26Buona fortuna.
00:31:28Grazie.
00:31:32And now, signor commissario,
00:31:34I should like to speak to the two fishermen
00:31:36who went aboard the wreck.
00:31:39Of course, General.
00:31:41I have them waiting.
00:31:43Now, if you will come with me, please.
00:31:54Alberigo, Mondello,
00:31:56one moment of your time, please.
00:31:58Yes, sir.
00:32:01Si, signora commissario.
00:32:03General, this is Verriga, and this is Mondello.
00:32:05They are the two men who went inside the ship
00:32:07before she sank.
00:32:09The American general wishes to speak to you
00:32:11of an item of great importance.
00:32:13We are looking for a cylinder
00:32:16about this high
00:32:18and about this round.
00:32:20Very probably, it went down with the ship,
00:32:22but there's always the possibility
00:32:24that it was knocked loose
00:32:26and that's where it went.
00:32:28The possibility that it was knocked loose
00:32:30and may drift ashore somewhere
00:32:32today, tomorrow, who knows?
00:32:34It is so important
00:32:36that we recover this container
00:32:38and its contents
00:32:40that I have offered a reward of a half million lira.
00:32:43Please spread that information around the...
00:32:45You will not take my hat from me!
00:32:47Silencio, Pepe. The general is speaking.
00:32:49Continue, General.
00:32:51Wait. What is it, son? What is it you wish to say?
00:32:53It is only if I speak of the thing from the ship
00:32:55that you has promised to me
00:32:57that I may keep my hat
00:32:59from the great country of Texas.
00:33:01Of course you may keep your hat.
00:33:03What do you know about the big container?
00:33:06There is a matter
00:33:08of a half a million lira.
00:33:10How much is that?
00:33:12Sufficient to purchase for me
00:33:14a cowboy horse like they ride in Texas?
00:33:16Enough to buy many horses.
00:33:18Now, what do you know about the big container?
00:33:20You promised to me about the hat, about the horses.
00:33:22You have my promise, son.
00:33:24It is there.
00:33:26Come on. Follow me.
00:33:34Please, may I have my horse now?
00:33:37Empty.
00:33:39But I know where it is, the thing from inside.
00:33:41Where? Where is it?
00:33:43I took it to the Professor Leonardo and sold it to him for 200 lira.
00:33:45That is how I have the hat from Texas.
00:33:47Professor Leonardo. Where is he?
00:33:49He must be somewhere on the road to Messina.
00:33:51He said he was going to Roma.
00:33:53Well, how will we find him? How will we know him?
00:33:55With the house that follows, like a goat.
00:33:57A trailer.
00:33:59Find it as quickly as you can.
00:34:01I'll wait here for the divers.
00:34:04Yes, sir. Come on, Doc.
00:34:06Would you and your men accompany the Colonel?
00:34:08Of course, General.
00:34:10Besides, I have to see a man about a horse.
00:34:12And a half a million lira.
00:34:25Come on.
00:34:47The canvas has come loose.
00:34:49I'd better stop, then.
00:34:56You know, it occurs to me that our friend is perhaps a mutation.
00:35:00But of what species? I do not know.
00:35:02Now, here, you catch this on the other side, please.
00:35:04There's also the possibility
00:35:07that it might be a type of throwback
00:35:09toward the prehistoric and unknown.
00:35:56Are you hurt?
00:35:58No, I don't think so.
00:36:03I guess I frighten it as much as it frightened me.
00:36:07But its claw was so strangely hot.
00:36:19I beg your pardon, but you must be...
00:36:21Commissario!
00:36:23Catch him!
00:36:26A strange animal has escaped.
00:36:28A strange animal? Like something you've never seen before?
00:36:30Like something no one has ever seen before.
00:36:32It broke out of its cage and grabbed me by the arm.
00:36:34Well, hello, almost a doctor.
00:36:42This creature. Tell me about it.
00:36:44Well, first it was this high.
00:36:46Then this high.
00:36:48Now, it is tall.
00:36:50Nearly as tall as a man.
00:36:52Is that the normal rate of growth?
00:36:54I don't know. Not as far as I know.
00:36:56The only data we have is in Dr. Charman's notes.
00:36:58Where's the animal now?
00:37:00It fled into the wood.
00:37:02Let's go.
00:37:04No, please, please, wait, wait.
00:37:06Tell me, what is that creature?
00:37:09Where does it come from? I must know.
00:37:11We'll go with you, huh?
00:37:13I'm sorry, Professor, I can't now.
00:37:15Thanks for your help.
00:37:19Well, looks as though my patient is fully recovered.
00:37:24Let's go.
00:37:54Aah!
00:38:24Aah!
00:38:54Aah!
00:39:24Aah!
00:39:54Aah!
00:40:01Cuddle-o. Cuddle-o.
00:40:06Cuddle-o.
00:40:21Cuddle-o.
00:40:23What you got, boy?
00:40:47Cuddle-o.
00:40:53Cuddle-o.
00:41:05Don't move.
00:41:08Stay where you are.
00:41:12Let's back out quietly.
00:41:24Aah!
00:41:28Incredible.
00:41:30The creature has to be taken alive.
00:41:33There's a cart outside. Would you have your men bring it in the barn?
00:41:37Now will you get me a long wooden pole?
00:41:41I've had nightmares in my time, but I've never dreamed of anything like this.
00:41:45Actually, they're not ferocious unless they're provoked.
00:41:48That poor dog must have jumped him first.
00:41:53That's good.
00:41:59That's just what I need. Grazie.
00:42:03Now I'm gonna try and prod the creature right into that cart.
00:42:07If I can get him in there, be ready to shut that gate.
00:42:15Come on down, pal. Jump. Come on.
00:42:17Come on.
00:42:21Come on.
00:42:23Okay. Come on down.
00:42:25Come on.
00:42:31All right, come on.
00:42:33Come on down.
00:42:35Come on. Come on.
00:42:39Get back.
00:42:48Aah!
00:42:52Aah!
00:42:54Aah!
00:43:03Aah!
00:43:06Aah!
00:43:14Aah!
00:43:17Aah!
00:43:20Aah!
00:43:22Get back. Look out.
00:43:28Aah!
00:43:31No! Stop him!
00:43:37Aah!
00:43:39Aah!
00:43:41Aah!
00:43:43Aah!
00:43:48Aah!
00:44:13All right, men, over this way.
00:44:17Come on.
00:44:40I don't like it.
00:44:48Aah!
00:45:01Colonel?
00:45:03Yeah?
00:45:05I hate to intrude on your precious private thoughts,
00:45:08but I'd like to change the bandage on your arm.
00:45:11No.
00:45:18You're worried about what happened today.
00:45:21About where the creature is tonight, aren't you?
00:45:24We'll find him. We've got to.
00:45:27I guess I've been pretty inconsiderate and self-centered.
00:45:32You've had a lot on your mind.
00:45:34That's an apology. I think it went in the wrong direction.
00:45:38All you've done is try to help.
00:45:41All I've done is snarl at you.
00:45:44I hope when this is all over, you'll let me try to make it up to you.
00:45:48Over a table for two in a dark cafe.
00:45:53With a candle burning on the table?
00:45:56And a bottle of wine.
00:45:59Bob.
00:46:01Bob, call her.
00:46:03Excuse me.
00:46:14Here's something, Bob.
00:46:16Charmin wrote that the basic diet of these creatures is sulfur, raw sulfur.
00:46:20I remember that much.
00:46:22There are rich sulfur beds in Sicily, not many kilometers from here,
00:46:25at the base of Mount Etna.
00:46:27We'll scour that mountain area as soon as it's light.
00:46:29If the creature's there, we'll recapture it.
00:46:31At that time, I would consider it an honor
00:46:33to offer the facilities of the Giardino Zoological Roma
00:46:36for its observation and examination.
00:46:39That will not be necessary, gentlemen.
00:46:41There is no longer time to recapture the monster alive.
00:46:44I don't understand.
00:46:46I must inform you, signore,
00:46:48that there is no more cooperation between us.
00:46:50The beast must be destroyed.
00:46:52He has injured one man badly, and he might kill others.
00:46:56My duty is the welfare of my people,
00:46:59not this crazy scientific experiment.
00:47:02Signore commissario, you can't do that.
00:47:06Signore commissario!
00:47:08Signore, please, wait.
00:47:10Tu prendi un altro jeep e seguici.
00:47:12Si, signore.
00:47:14Get in.
00:47:41That is my position.
00:47:44The safety of the people in this district is my affair.
00:47:48My primary affair, as long as I'm commissario.
00:47:51It may be you can have me replaced.
00:47:53That, of course, is your privilege.
00:47:55Until then, I intend to function as commissario.
00:47:59You are an efficient man, signore.
00:48:01A man of sincerity.
00:48:03There will be no thought of replacing.
00:48:05Then I must say that I have no intention
00:48:08Then I must say that at daybreak,
00:48:10I intend to use every means at my disposal
00:48:13to destroy that creature before it kills someone.
00:48:16But you can't do that.
00:48:18Yes, sir.
00:48:19May I remind you that the commissario is a Sicilian police chief
00:48:22performing the duties of his office?
00:48:24I know that, sir, but...
00:48:27But what?
00:48:30Would there be any objection, general,
00:48:32if Dr. Yule and I tried to track this animal and take it alive
00:48:35before the commissario has him destroyed?
00:48:37Not for me.
00:48:38Signor Cantino?
00:48:41How do you propose to do this?
00:48:43On Venus, we discovered quite by accident
00:48:45that these creatures are extremely susceptible to electric shock
00:48:48and that controlled voltage can paralyze them.
00:48:50Now, if we could have two helicopters and a squad of armed paratroopers,
00:48:54we might be able to drop an electrically charged wire net on the beast.
00:48:58A net.
00:49:01All I ask, sir, is permission to try.
00:49:04If...
00:49:06If this can be done before any human life is threatened,
00:49:10the Italian government will have no objection.
00:49:13All right, Bob, you shall have your copters.
00:49:15Thank you, sir.
00:49:17Thank you, signor.
00:49:36Let's go.
00:49:55The hook's working fine, sir.
00:49:57That's good, sergeant.
00:50:00Take those sacks of sulfur over to the other copter.
00:50:03Look, we're taking over a load of sulfur to feed our prisoner when we capture him.
00:50:08If the commissario doesn't capture it first.
00:50:33Doc, this is like a parachute. It's got to work the first time.
00:50:36Right.
00:50:52All right, men, load up.
00:50:54We're going to have to get out of here.
00:50:56We're going to have to get out of here.
00:50:58We're going to have to get out of here.
00:51:00We're going to have to get out of here.
00:51:02All right, men, load up. Let's go.
00:51:32Come on, young. First.
00:52:02All right.
00:52:18We spotted the animal, Doc. It's right by those sulfur pits.
00:52:21Right.
00:52:33We can't drop the net until it's clear.
00:52:36I'll drop the sulfur now.
00:53:02Woo!
00:53:26Kicking the bait, Doc. We're ready to move.
00:53:29Okay, we'll stand by.
00:53:59All right.
00:54:30Another few feet and you got it, Doc.
00:54:39Drop it.
00:54:45Now.
00:54:51Hurry it up.
00:55:00Careful.
00:55:22We're ready, Doc.
00:55:24Drop it.
00:55:29One clear.
00:55:31Hit it.
00:55:33Drop it.
00:55:59Maple's here.
00:56:01No, no, John, nothing's happened yet.
00:56:04Yes, I will.
00:56:06If you will all come in, please.
00:56:08The general will see you now.
00:56:10No, no. Whoa, looks like something now.
00:56:12Keep the line open.
00:56:15Come on.
00:56:30Good day, sir.
00:56:35Good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the press.
00:56:38I am fully aware of the rumors that began with an air crash...
00:56:42a few days ago off the coast of Sicily.
00:56:45Not until now have I received permission...
00:56:48to make known the facts exactly as they are.
00:56:52This cablegram has been signed by the United States Secretary of Defense.
00:56:59In the face of widespread speculation...
00:57:01and after consultation with various foreign governments...
00:57:04the president has authorized release of all information...
00:57:07to press and news agencies for their immediate publication.
00:57:10The airship XY-21...
00:57:12which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on the 11th...
00:57:15was a single-stage astropropelled rocket...
00:57:18launched 13 months ago from a site within the United States.
00:57:23The rocket, with its complement of 17 men...
00:57:27had landed on the planet Venus.
00:57:29Venus?
00:57:31The planet Venus?
00:57:33Had landed on the planet Venus and was on the return flight to Earth...
00:57:36when the ship plunged into the sea.
00:57:39There was one survivor, Colonel Calder...
00:57:42seated beside me, commander of the expedition.
00:57:46Some of you may also have heard the story...
00:57:49of a monster now confined here in Rome's zoo.
00:57:52That beast is from Venus.
00:57:55It is an essential object of scientific study...
00:57:58if man is to survive the atmosphere on Venus, poisonous to humans.
00:58:01May we be allowed to see this creature?
00:58:03I ask you, correspondents, to select three of your number...
00:58:06to accompany Colonel Calder to the zoo.
00:58:09Those selected by you will, of course, pool their interviews...
00:58:12with the entire press corps...
00:58:14and we will furnish you all necessary photos.
00:58:17Well, I guess that's all...
00:58:20and thank you for your patience.
00:58:32Sorry, old boy. My line.
00:58:35John.
00:58:37Get this.
00:59:05The size.
00:59:07Eight days ago, it was about this tall.
00:59:10How do you account for its astonishing rate of growth?
00:59:13What is that norm on Venus?
00:59:16It's the size of the Earth.
00:59:19It's the size of the Earth.
00:59:22It's the size of the Earth.
00:59:25It's the size of the Earth.
00:59:28It's the size of the Earth.
00:59:31It's the size of the Earth.
00:59:34What's the norm on Venus?
00:59:36No, it isn't.
00:59:37The scientists here believe that the Earth's atmosphere...
00:59:39has upset its metabolic rate.
00:59:41The more air it breathes, the more tissue it builds...
00:59:43and the bigger it gets.
00:59:45If you'll follow me, please.
00:59:55You undoubtedly heard of Dr. Gerhardt Blankford of Vienna...
00:59:58probably the world's top man in anesthesia.
01:00:01It's his job to keep the creature unconscious during the examination.
01:00:05Now, you'll note the wire running down to the creature's wrist.
01:00:08Dr. Blankford keeps 1,800 volts of electricity coursing through the body.
01:00:12More voltage, and it would die.
01:00:14Less, and it would awaken.
01:00:16Amazing. Utterly amazing.
01:00:19You can get a better look at the wrist connection this way.
01:00:26This is Dr. Kuroku of the University of Tokyo.
01:00:29Interesting, Dr. Yule.
01:00:30Another attempt to pry secrets from the creature, Doctor?
01:00:33We hope this electrodynamometer...
01:00:36will enable us to complete our examination of oral passages.
01:00:40Could you give us any positive statement on your progress so far, Doctor?
01:00:44So far, we have come to one conclusion.
01:00:47The creature's olfactory system is more highly developed...
01:00:50than any known on this planet.
01:00:53We'll find Dr. Yule on the platform.
01:00:55He's the man in charge.
01:01:0967 CC is correct?
01:01:11Si, exactamente. 67.
01:01:17They're feeding the creature a compound of sulfur.
01:01:20Now, sulfur serves it as our vitamins do us.
01:01:26Grandpa, will you need many more?
01:01:29No, no, gracias. Va.
01:01:41You caught me unprepared.
01:01:43I've been cooking over a hot creature all day.
01:01:46You're getting lovelier every time I see you.
01:01:48Or is it the lights in this room?
01:01:50Well, next to that, I look dandy.
01:01:53Oh, colonel.
01:01:55When you have a free moment...
01:01:57I'd like to tell you about the latest nightmare I've had.
01:02:01Am I busy for the moment? Tell me now.
01:02:04Well...
01:02:06it concerns a...
01:02:08dark cafe...
01:02:11a small table...
01:02:13a bottle of wine...
01:02:15and a burning candle.
01:02:17Mm-hmm.
01:02:19And that candle's burning lower and lower and lower.
01:02:23Pretty soon it's gonna burn out.
01:02:26Well, maybe if we hurry...
01:02:29we can find that dark cafe before it's too late.
01:02:32Good.
01:02:36Now, don't go away.
01:02:38I won't.
01:02:48If you'll come over here, please. Dr. Yule's expecting you.
01:02:56Dr. Yule, may I present Miss Reynolds, United Press...
01:02:59Mr. Maples of Reuters, Ms. Villacroft, News France.
01:03:01How do you do? How do you do?
01:03:03General McIntosh has told us of the importance...
01:03:05of knowing how this animal survives on Venus.
01:03:08We've discovered that the creature's respiratory system...
01:03:10includes a sort of a fibrous filtering element...
01:03:12which blocks out all of the poisonous vapors on Venus.
01:03:15Fortunately, we've been able to duplicate that system...
01:03:17almost exactly.
01:03:19It's like a plastic sponge.
01:03:21It is made of one of the new synthetics.
01:03:23By the way, Doctor, there's a rumor going around...
01:03:25that, uh, gunfire has no effect on the beast.
01:03:28Why?
01:03:30This beast has no heart and it has no lungs.
01:03:32It has instead a network of small tubes...
01:03:34throughout its entire body.
01:03:36Hence, firearms affect no great damage.
01:03:38Yes, the dynamometer's coming on the platform now, Doctor.
01:03:41Please, right over here.
01:03:46Look out for those electric cables.
01:03:50Look out!
01:03:52Where is that explosion coming from?
01:03:54Off to the back door.
01:04:00Come on, Doctor. Hurry.
01:04:16Get that power back on him.
01:04:18This way, Colonel.
01:04:28The power's gone.
01:04:30Everyone outside! Fast! Hurry!
01:04:33Marissa! Marissa!
01:04:45Marissa!
01:04:56Oh, we might have used that a little bit.
01:05:04Don't get in there too close.
01:05:16Look!
01:05:18Get that elephant out of there!
01:05:20Oh!
01:05:44Yes, sir.
01:05:46And, General, we need some firepower down here quick.
01:05:48All right, Bob, all right. And as soon as I do, I'll get down there.
01:05:50Stay with the beast, but get reports back to me if you can.
01:05:53Right, sir.
01:05:55The creature?
01:05:57Loose it on the rampage. If it doesn't stop, it'll kill hundreds, maybe thousands.
01:05:59We'll need artillery and tanks immediately.
01:06:19Aah!
01:06:21Aah!
01:06:23Aah!
01:06:25Aah!
01:06:27Aah!
01:06:29Aah!
01:06:31Aah!
01:06:33Aah!
01:06:49It's up one of the side streets.
01:06:51Yeah, I know. I can hear it.
01:06:53Doc, take them to the embassy. I'm gonna track this creature as long as I can.
01:06:55Right.
01:07:00Aah!
01:07:02Aah!
01:07:04Aah!
01:07:06Aah!
01:07:08Aah!
01:07:10Aah!
01:07:12Aah!
01:07:14Aah!
01:07:16Aah!
01:07:24Aah!
01:07:26Aah!
01:07:36Aah!
01:07:40Aah!
01:07:46♪
01:07:48Aargh!
01:07:50♪
01:07:52Aargh!
01:07:54♪
01:07:56Aargh!
01:07:58♪
01:08:27♪
01:08:36This is Colonel Calder.
01:08:37Get me General McIntosh.
01:08:38And hurry, this is an emergency.
01:08:42It disappeared into the Tiber, General, at Ponte Umberto.
01:08:45What do you think, Bob?
01:08:46Would hand grenades force it out?
01:08:47I don't know.
01:08:48I can't tell what that thing will do or where it'll do it.
01:08:50It's worth a try, sir.
01:08:51There's an artillery unit deployed at, uh...
01:08:54Palazzo di Giustizio.
01:08:55The Palace of Justice, right across the bridge from where you are.
01:08:58They'll give you all the help you need.
01:09:00Start blasting it, Bob.
01:09:01We're moving up with another unit.
01:09:03Over on the other section of the Tiber.
01:09:05Yes, sir.
01:09:06♪
01:09:16Calder talking.
01:09:17Anything there, Bob?
01:09:19No, General, we don't spot it here.
01:09:21Nothing here either.
01:09:22He blasted the Tiber straight through the city for hours now.
01:09:24Got any ideas?
01:09:25♪
01:09:29Hello? Bob?
01:09:30♪
01:09:32Can you hear me?
01:09:33♪
01:09:41Can you hear me, Bob?
01:09:42♪
01:09:44Come in, Bob.
01:09:46♪
01:09:56Sir, General, here at Ponte San Angelo.
01:10:00Ponte San Angelo.
01:10:01♪
01:10:29Bob!
01:10:30♪
01:10:37The Coliseum.
01:10:38Headed toward the Coliseum.
01:10:39♪
01:10:54♪
01:11:04♪
01:11:14♪
01:11:24♪
01:11:34♪
01:11:44♪
01:11:54♪
01:12:04♪
01:12:14♪
01:12:24♪
01:12:34♪
01:12:44♪
01:12:54Hey!
01:12:55♪
01:13:02Sergeant, deploy your men.
01:13:04Si, senor.
01:13:06♪
01:13:16♪
01:13:26♪
01:13:36♪
01:13:46♪
01:13:56♪
01:14:04♪
01:14:08Sergeant! Sergeant!
01:14:10♪
01:14:23Sergeant, take your men up those stairs.
01:14:26♪
01:14:32Up here!
01:14:33Up here!
01:14:35♪
01:14:46♪
01:14:54♪
01:15:04♪
01:15:14♪
01:15:21There it is.
01:15:22♪
01:15:32♪
01:15:42♪
01:15:52♪
01:16:02♪
01:16:12♪
01:16:22♪
01:16:32♪
01:16:42Look!
01:16:43Look!
01:16:44♪
01:16:54♪
01:17:04♪
01:17:14♪
01:17:24♪
01:17:34♪
01:17:39Why is it always, always so costly
01:17:42for man to move from the present to the future?
01:17:45♪
01:18:15♪
01:18:25♪