It Came from Outer Space
“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...
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2 films
Cast
21 people
Richard Carlson
John Putnam
Known for
Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Valley of Gwangi
Barbara Rush
Ellen Fields
Known for
When Worlds Collide
Bigger Than Life
Charles Drake
Sheriff Matt Warren
Known for
Harvey
Winchester '73
Joe Sawyer
Frank Daylon
Known for
The Killing
Gilda
Russell Johnson
George
Known for
Gilligan's Island
This Island Earth
Kathleen Hughes
Jane Dean
Known for
The President's Analyst
Dave Willock
Pete Davis (uncredited)
Known for
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Revenge of the Creature
Alan Dexter
Dave Loring (uncredited)
Known for
Paint Your Wagon
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
George Eldredge
Dr. Snell (uncredited)
Known for
The Corpse Vanishes
The Lineup
Edgar Dearing
Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
Also in
Abraham Lincoln
Pollyanna
George Selk
Tom, a hobo (uncredited)
Also in
Cry of the Hunted
Guns of the Timberland
Bradford Jackson
Bob, Snell's assistant (uncredited)
Also in
Science Fiction Theatre
Jack Arnold Director · Harry Essex Screenplay Ray Bradbury Story
Worldwide gross $1.6M · Budget $800K · United States release June 5, 1953
Box office
Budget
$800,000
Worldwide gross
$1,600,000
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Universal International Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Atomic Monster · Strangers from Outer Space · The Meteor
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · May 27, 1953
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · June 5, 1953
Theatrical
Canada
June 5, 1953 · Theatrical
Italy
October 15, 1953 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 16, 1953 · Theatrical · Rated A (5+)
September 25, 1953 · Theatrical · London
January 23, 1989 · Physical · VHS
July 17, 2024 · Theatrical · Re-release
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