It Came from Outer Space
“Fantastic sights leap out at you!”
1953•1h 20m•6.3•Released
Science FictionHorror
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...
Director
Jack Arnold
Writer
Harry Essex
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$2M
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Richard Carlson
John Putnam
Barbara Rush
Ellen Fields
Charles Drake
Sheriff Matt Warren
Joe Sawyer
Frank Daylon
Russell Johnson
George
Kathleen Hughes
Jane Dean
Dave Willock
Pete Davis (uncredited)
Alan Dexter
Dave Loring (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Dr. Snell (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
George Selk
Tom, a hobo (uncredited)
Bradford Jackson
Bob, Snell's assistant (uncredited)
Robert Carson
Dugan, reporter (uncredited)
Whitey Haupt
Perry, a boy (uncredited)
Virginia Mullen
Mrs. Daylon (uncredited)
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
William Alland
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