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1953 US science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold

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6.3

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...

Released: 1953-06-0580 minDir: Jack ArnoldScience Fiction, HorrorBudget: $800,000Box office: $1.6MPart of: It Came from Outer Space Collection

Cast

  • Richard Carlson as John Putnam
  • Barbara Rush as Ellen Fields
  • Charles Drake as Sheriff Matt Warren
  • Joe Sawyer as Frank Daylon
  • Russell Johnson as George
  • Kathleen Hughes as Jane Dean

Themes

  • spacecraft
  • small town
  • arizona
  • alien life-form
  • meteorite
  • astronomer
  • black and white
  • school teacher
  • angry mob
  • crash landing

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Ratings

IMDb

6.5/10

12,849 votes

Year
1953
Runtime
81 min
Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi

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Internet Archive

texts

It came from outer space!

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Director
Jack Arnold
Screenwriter
Harry Essex
Cast member
Kathleen Hughes
Composer
Herman Stein
Production company
Universal Pictures
Cinematographer
Clifford Stine
Narrative location
Arizona
Filming location
California
Duration
80
FilmAffinity ID
981991
Distribution format
video on demand
Image
It Came from Outer Space (1953) trailer 1.jpg
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Commons category
It Came from Outer Space
publication date
1953-07-03
film editor
Paul Weatherwax
title
It Came from Outer Space
distributed by
Netflix
after a work by
Ray Bradbury
capital cost
800000
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
81%
has characteristic
3D film
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