

It Came from Outer Space
1953 · Movie · 1h 20m
Science FictionHorror
"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...
Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
68/100
Key crew
- Jack ArnoldDirector
- Harry EssexScreenplay
- Irving GertzOriginal Music Composer
- Henry ManciniOriginal Music Composer
- Herman SteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard CarlsonJohn Putnam
- Barbara RushEllen Fields
- Charles DrakeSheriff Matt Warren
- Joe SawyerFrank Daylon
- Russell JohnsonGeorge
- Kathleen HughesJane Dean
- Dave WillockPete Davis (uncredited)
- Alan DexterDave Loring (uncredited)
- George EldredgeDr. Snell (uncredited)
- Edgar DearingSam, a hobo (uncredited)
- George SelkTom, a hobo (uncredited)
- Bradford JacksonBob, Snell's assistant (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
spacecraftsmall townarizonaalien life-formmeteoriteastronomerblack and whiteschool teacherangry mobcrash landingxenophobiasmall town sheriff











