It Came from Outer Space

It Came from Outer Space (1953)

Horror, Science Fiction1 hour and 21 minutes
63%
User score

Fantastic sights leap out at you!

Description

Author & amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona, but 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 Arnold
Director
Harry Essex
Screenplay
Ray Bradbury
Story

Actors

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)
George Selk
George Selk
Tom, a hobo (uncredited)
Bradford Jackson
Bradford Jackson
Bob, Snell's assistant (uncredited)
Robert Carson
Robert Carson
Dugan, reporter (uncredited)
Whitey Haupt
Whitey Haupt
Perry, a boy (uncredited)
Virginia Mullen
Virginia Mullen
Mrs. Daylon (uncredited)
William Pullen
William Pullen
Deputy Reed (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting
Richard H. Cutting
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Ralph Brooks
Unidentified Posse Man (unconfirmed)
Ned Davenport
Ned Davenport
Man Outside Newspaper Office (unconfirmed)
Dick Pinner
Dick Pinner
Reporter with Dugan (extra) (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$800,000

Revenue

$1,600,000

Keywords
spacecraftsmall townarizonaalien life-formmeteoriteastronomerblack and whiteschool teacherangry mobcrash landingxenophobiasmall town sheriffmine shaftcraterabandoned minexenomorphalien doppelgangerone-eyed monsterassumed human formnuclear engineunknown intentdesert southwest