Science Fiction ·Horror · United States of America · 1953 · 1h 20m

It Came from Outer Space

It Came from Outer Space poster
Director
Jack Arnold
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
Crew
Clifford Stine — Director of Photography Paul Weatherwax — Editor Irving Gertz — Original Music Composer Henry Mancini — Original Music Composer Herman Stein — Original Music Composer Harry Essex — Screenplay
Tagline

Fantastic sights leap out at you!

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...

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Mood & Themes
spacecraftsmall townarizonaalien life-formmeteoriteastronomerblack and whiteschool teacherangry mobcrash landingxenophobiasmall town sheriff
Key Collaborators
Jack Arnold Director Clifford Stine Director of Photography Paul Weatherwax Editor Irving Gertz Original Music Composer Henry Mancini Original Music Composer Herman Stein Original Music Composer Harry Essex Screenplay Ray Bradbury Story William Alland Producer Rosemary Odell Costume Design
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