It Came from Outer Space
1953·Movie·
·1h 21min


About
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...
DNA
- Themes
- Click below to reveal spoilersPower Of MediaAlien InvasionIsolationFear Of The UnknownFirst Contact
- Plot
- Click below to reveal spoilersRescue MissionConspiracy TheoriesAlien EncounterUncovering The TruthMisunderstood HeroSmall Town SettingUnseen ThreatMedia Sensationalism
- Narrative
- Character Types
- Time
- Costume and Set
Sequels and Prequels
Crew
Directed by:
Jack Arnold, Clifford Stine, Joseph Gershenson
Produced by:
William Alland
Composed by:
Irving Gertz, Henry Mancini, Herman Stein