It Came from Outer Space

Overview

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...

Movie details

Release date

1953

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Science Fiction, Horror

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Country

United States of America

Director

Jack Arnold

Production

Universal Pictures

Budget

$800,000

Revenue

$1,600,000

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