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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, Metacritic 68/100. Scores higher than 70% of the 76 1950s science fiction movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 20m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic68/100
257 audience votes
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
Science Fiction Movies on Prime, Ranked
It Came from Outer Space is #51 of 60
