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It Came from Outer Space

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  • Science Fiction
  • Horror

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...

Keywords

  • spacecraft
  • small town
  • alien life-form
  • black and white
  • xenomorph
  • xenophobia
  • arizona
  • meteorite
  • astronomer
  • angry mob
  • small town sheriff
  • crash landing
  • abandoned mine
  • school teacher
  • mine shaft
  • alien doppelganger
  • crater
  • one-eyed monster
  • assumed human form
  • nuclear engine
  • unknown intent
  • desert southwest

Details

Status
Released
Release date
June 5, 1953
Original language
English
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Director
Jack Arnold
Cinematography
Clifford Stine
Budget
$800,000
Revenue
$1,600,000
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