Film
It Came from Outer Space
1953· PG· 1h 20m· Horror· Science-fiction
“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...
1953-06-05
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Key Crew
DirectorJack Arnold
ScreenplayHarry Essex
ProducerWilliam Alland
Director of PhotographyClifford Stine
Original Music ComposerHenry Mancini
EditorPaul Weatherwax
Full cast & crew (21 cast · 24 crew)
Details
Released1953-06-05
Runtime1h 20m · PG
StatusReleased
StudiosUniversal Pictures
Budget$800,000
Box office$2M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.3/10 · 252 votes
Original languageen
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