It Came from Outer Space

1953·Movie·1h 20mPG

Science Fiction, Horror

6.3 / 10 (265 votes)

Fantastic sights leap out at you!

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...

Directed by: Jack Arnold
Original language: English
Released: 5 June 1953

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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)
GS
George Selk
Tom, a hobo (uncredited)
BJ
Bradford Jackson
Bob, Snell's assistant (uncredited)