When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.
This movie contains 2 potentially triggering events.
A man assumes that a female doctor is a nurse and orders her around, generally being a gross misogynist, which she apparently thinks is attractive, so they hook up.
The dog is still breathing when last shown. It is not known if it is meant to have lived or died. It is the same for the elephant. The creature is killed.