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Feature film — 1953

It Came from Outer Space (1953)

6.31h 20mScience Fiction — Horror

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...

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A high-signal pick with 265 votes.

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Director: Jack Arnold

On screen

Cast & crew

Richard Carlson as John Putnam

Richard Carlson

John Putnam

Barbara Rush as Ellen Fields

Barbara Rush

Ellen Fields

Charles Drake as Sheriff Matt Warren

Charles Drake

Sheriff Matt Warren

Joe Sawyer as Frank Daylon

Joe Sawyer

Frank Daylon

Russell Johnson as George

Russell Johnson

George

Kathleen Hughes as Jane Dean

Kathleen Hughes

Jane Dean

Dave Willock as Pete Davis (uncredited)

Dave Willock

Pete Davis (uncredited)

Alan Dexter as Dave Loring (uncredited)

Alan Dexter

Dave Loring (uncredited)

George Eldredge as Dr. Snell (uncredited)

George Eldredge

Dr. Snell (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

Sam, a hobo (uncredited)

G

George Selk

Tom, a hobo (uncredited)

B

Bradford Jackson

Bob, Snell's assistant (uncredited)

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