Kenneth Tobey ... Cmdr. Pete Mathews
Faith Domergue ... Prof. Lesley Joyce
Donald Curtis ... Dr. John Carter
Ian Keith ... Adm. Burns
Dean Maddox Jr. ... Adm. Norman
Chuck Griffiths ... Lt. Griff, USN
Harry Lauter ... Deputy Bill Nash
Richard W. Peterson ... Capt. Stacy
Tol Avery ... Navy Intern (uncredited)
William Bryant ... Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Del Courtney ... Naval Asst. Sec. Robert David Chase (uncredited)
Roy Engel ... Control Room Officer Ordering Drop Nets (uncredited)
Eddie Fisher ... McLeod (uncredited)
Sam Hayes ... Radio Newscaster (uncredited)
Jules Irving ... King (uncredited)
Jack Littlefield ... Aston (uncredited)
Rudy Puteska ... Seaman Hall (uncredited)
Charles H. Schneer ... Extra (uncredited)
Ray Storey ... Reporter (uncredited)
William Woodson ... Opening Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

20 Million Miles To Earth(1957)

This stars William Hopper(Perry Mason's PI
Paul Drake in the TV show Perry Mason)! The
story: an Air Force space ship crashes back
to Earth after a trip to Venus with two of
it's passengers still alive(one barely) and
a strange creature in the process of hatching! B+

A review from IMDb.com:

This is a simple enough film. Rocket returning
from Venus crashes near Sicily and a foetal
thing grows to become a giant lizardy humanoid
type thing. The acting is ordinary and the
script predictable.

What makes it better than average for a 1950s
monster movie is the Ray Harryhausen animated
Venusian, called a Ymir here. Photographed in
atmospheric black and white, its progress from
small caged creature to being loose and dangerous
on the streets of Rome and fighting an elephant
is engrossing. You can't help rooting for the
Ymir, attacked along the way by dogs and soldiers.
The Ymir becomes a character like Frankenstein's
creation or the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Excellent work by Harryhausen, and far more
interesting than the CGI dinosaurs from Spielberg's
over praised (and underwhelming) Jurassic Park
trilogy. - henry-girling

William Hopper ... Col. Robert Calder
Joan Taylor ... Marisa Leonardo
Frank Puglia ... Dr. Leonardo
John Zaremba ... Dr. Judson Uhl
Thomas Browne Henry ... Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh (as Thomas B. Henry)
Tito Vuolo ... Commissario Unte
Jan Arvan ... Signore Contino - Government Official
Arthur Space ... Dr. Sharman
Bart Braverman ... Pepe (as Bart Bradley)
Sid Cassel ... Farmer (uncredited)
Paul Cristo ... Police Officer (uncredited)
Noel Drayton ... 1st Reuters News Correspondent (uncredited)
Darlene Fields ... Miss Reynolds (uncredited)
Duke Fishman ... Fisherman (uncredited)
Michael Garth ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Ray Harryhausen ... Man Feeding Elephant (uncredited)
Ronald Hyde ... Policeman Shooting Flamethrower (uncredited)
George Khoury ... Verrico (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr ... Italian Townsman (uncredited)
Saverio LoMedico ... Minor Role (uncredited)
John Marlin ... Italian Townsman (uncredited)
Mike Morelli ... Fisherman (uncredited)
Rollin Moriyama ... Dr. Koruku (uncredited)
George Nardelli ... Townsman (uncredited)
Don Orlando ... Mondello (uncredited)
George Pelling ... Maples (uncredited)
Paul Ravel ... Felix Roi (uncredited)
Jerry Riggio ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Barry Russo ... American Embassy Aide (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi ... Italian Townsman (uncredited)
John Sorrentino ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Paul Stathes ... Police Officer (uncredited)
William Woodson ... Opening Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

Giant Claw, The(1957)

This one is pretty silly, at least the creature!
With no big name actors this relies on the
story to carry it, and while the creature is
really lame, the story and the acting aren't
bad! B-

A review from IMDb.com:

I'm really getting tired of people "dissing"
this film by apparently taking the attitude
that all films have to mimic "Citizen Kane"
in order to be worthy of enjoying! Sure,
the "science" in the film is decidedly
unscientific, and the monster DOES look
like Beaky Buzzard from a Warner Brothers'
cartoon, but, so what? The film is enjoyable
for what it IS: just a fun-to-watch, schlocky
"sci-fi" film of the fifties--with acting
that is NOT "amateurish" (as another reviewer
noted)--with the additional benefit (to us
guys, at least) of having one heck of a
sexy-looking heroine (Mara Corday).

Lighten up, and ENJOY. - MarshallO

Jeff Morrow ... Mitch MacAfee
Mara Corday ... Sally Caldwell
Morris Ankrum ... Lt. Gen. Edward Considine
Louis Merrill ... Pierre Broussard (as Louis D. Merrill)
Edgar Barrier ... Dr. Karol Noymann
Robert Shayne ... Gen. Van Buskirk
Frank Griffin ... Pete - Pilot (as Ruell Shayne)
Clark Howat ... Maj. Bergen
Morgan Jones ... Lieutenant - Radar Officer
Benjie Bancroft ... Civil Aeronautics Board Member (uncredited)
Brad Brown ... Pool Party Diver (uncredited)
Al Cantor ... AF Projectionist (uncredited)
George Cisar ... Admonishing Man on Airliner (uncredited)
Bud Cokes ... Civil Aeronautics Board Member (uncredited)
Leonard P. Geer ... Paramedic (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer ... Fighter Pilot, in clips from 'Mission Over Korea' (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Sol Murgi ... Civil Aeronautics Board Member (uncredited)
Fred F. Sears ... Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Robert B. Williams ... First State Trooper (uncredited)

Mothra(1961)
(AKA: Mosura)

This is truly a classic of Japanese monster
masterpieces!! Though not the best, it is
very entertaining and worth at least one
watch every now and then!! And I really
enjoyed the singing of the girls! B+

A review from IMDb.com:

This is a very unusual movie because the monster
isn't an evil killing machine as was the case
with Godzilla. The only reason for the destruction
is because of Mothra's uncontrollable urge to
rescue its priestesses. Mothra is what I call
part of the holy trio of the Toho monsters (the
other two being, of course, Godzilla and Rodan).
This is the first film in which the audience
actually roots for the monster and the true
monster is the villian, Clark Nelson. This
not only is a wonderful science fiction film
but a very humorous parody about the consequences
of over commercialization. - Sargebri

Furanki Sakai ... Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda (AKA Bulldog)
Hiroshi Koizumi ... Dr. Shin'ichi Chujo
Kyoko Kagawa ... Photographer Michi Hanamura
Yumi Ito ... Shobijin (Twin Fairy) (as Yumi Ito)
Emi Ito ... Shobijin (Twin Fairy) (as Emi Ito)
Jerry Ito ... Kuraruku Neruson (as Jerî Ito)
Ken Uehara ... Dr. Harada
Takashi Shimura ... News Editor
Tetsu Nakamura ... Nelson's Henchman
Seizaburo Kawazu ... General
Yoshifumi Tajima ... Military Advisor (as Yoshibumi Tajima)
Akihiko Hirata ... Doctor
Kenji Sahara ... Helicopter Pilot
Yoshio Kosugi ... Ship Captain
Koji Iwamoto ... Nelson's Henchman (as Hiroshi Iwamoto)
Ko Mishima ... Ship Survivor (scenesDeleted)
Toshio Miura ... Nelson's Henchman
Akira Wakamatsu ... Nelson's Henchman
Hiroshi Akitsu ... Nelson's Henchman
Hiroshi Takagi ... Nelson's Henchman
Osman Yusuf ... Nelson's Rolisican Henchman (as Jonî Yusefu)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi ... Woodcutter
Obel Wyatt ... Dr. Roff (as Oberu Waiatto)
Harold Conway ... Rolisican Ambassador (as Harorudo Esu Kon'uei)
Teruko Mita ... Rest House Owner's Wife
Robert Dunham ... Police Chief of New Kirk City (as Robâto Danhamu)
Masamitsu Tayama ... Shinji Chujo (as Masamitsu Tayma)
Ren Yamamoto ... Ship Survivor (as Yasushi Yamamoto)
Haruya Kato ... Ship Survivor (as Haruya Kato)
Rinsaku Ogata ... Ship Survivor
Yutaka Nakayama ... Radio Communicator (as Yutara Nakayama)
Koji Uno ... Police Officer (as Koji Uno)
Wataru Omae ... Official (as Wataru Ohmae)
Kazuo Hinata ... Official (as Kazuo Higata)
Mitsuo Matsumoto ... Police Officer
Hiroyuki Satake ... Police Officer
Shoichi Hirose ... Dam Worker (as Shoichi Hirose)
Toshihiko Furuta ... Dam Worker
Goro Sakurai ... Member of Task Force (as Koro Sakurai)
Keisuke Matsuyama ... Shipmate
Takeo Nagashima ... Island Dancer
Koji Kamimura ... Small Role
Akira Yamada ... Island Worshipper
Mitsuo Tsuda ... Surveyor
Akio Kusama ... Surveyor
Tadashi Okabe ... Surveyor
Hideo Shibuya ... Journalist (as Shinpei Mitsui)
Shigeo Kato ... Dam Watchman (as Shigeo Kato)
Kazuo Imai ... Announcer
Yutaka Oka ... Captain of Transport (as Yutaka Okada)
Ko Hayami ... Island Dancer (as Arai Hayamizu)
Yoshio Katsube ... Investigation Party Member (as Yoshio Hattori)
Haruo Nakajima ... Head of Mosura Larva
Katsumi Tezuka ... Neck of Mosura Larva
Ryoji Shimizu ... Investigation Party Member
Yoichiro Kitagawa ... (as Ryuichi Hosokawa)