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63% Critic Match
It Came from Outer Space
“Fantastic sights leap out at you!”
6.3 / 10• 1953• 1h 20m•NR• English
Science FictionHorror
Storyline
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...
Cast & Crew
Richard Carlson
John Putnam
Lead
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)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jack Arnold's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. It Came from Outer Space is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
