It Came from Outer Space (1953)

06/05/1953 (US) • 1h 21m

Science Fiction, Horror

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...

Top Billed Cast

Richard Carlson

John Putnam

Barbara Rush

Ellen Fields

Charles Drake

Sheriff Matt Warren

Joe Sawyer

Frank Daylon

Dave Willock

Pete Davis (uncredited)

Alan Dexter

Dave Loring (uncredited)

George Eldredge

Dr. Snell (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$800,000.00

Revenue

$1,600,000.00

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

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