It Came from Outer Space
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It Came from Outer Space (1953)

16/07/1953 (GB)
Science Fiction, Horror
1h 21m

Fantastic sights leap out at you!

Overview

Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...

  • Jack ArnoldDirector
  • Harry EssexScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $800,000

  • Revenue

    $1,600,000

Keywords

  • spacecraft
  • small town
  • arizona
  • alien life-form
  • meteorite
  • astronomer
  • black and white
  • school teacher
  • angry mob
  • crash landing
  • xenophobia
  • small town sheriff
  • mine shaft
  • crater
  • abandoned mine
  • alien doppelganger
  • one-eyed monster
  • assumed human form
  • nuclear engine
  • unknown intent
  • desert southwest

Top Billed Cast

Richard Carlson

Richard Carlson

John Putnam

Barbara Rush

Barbara Rush

Ellen Fields

Charles Drake

Charles Drake

Sheriff Matt Warren

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Frank Daylon

Russell Johnson

Russell Johnson

George

Kathleen Hughes

Kathleen Hughes

Jane Dean

Dave Willock

Dave Willock

Pete Davis (uncredited)

Alan Dexter

Alan Dexter

Dave Loring (uncredited)

George Eldredge

George Eldredge

Dr. Snell (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

Edgar Dearing

Sam, a hobo (uncredited)

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