It Came from Outer Space
dir. Jack Arnold
67
6 sourcesSynopsis
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...
Critics consensus
It Came From Outer Space is a pulpy-but-effective psychological sci-fi picture, with a provocative message about xenophobia.
Directed byJack Arnold
StarringRichard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Russell Johnson, Kathleen Hughes
Written byHarry Essex, Ray Bradbury
CinematographyClifford Stine
EditingPaul Weatherwax
MusicIrving Gertz
It Came from Outer Space
1953 · 1h 20m
Science 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...
Our Verdict
67
Critics Consensus
It Came From Outer Space is a pulpy-but-effective psychological sci-fi picture, with a provocative message about xenophobia.
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