An early feature from AFI Honorary Degree recipient Ray Harryhausen, 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957) is a science-fiction signpost in the career of the legendary animator and special effects innovator – featuring his handiwork on the menacing ymir and the creature’s spaceship, as well as an elephant in a climactic battle. Harryhausen himself appears as an extra in some of the film’s zoo scenes.
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