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It Came from Outer Space
Fantastic sights leap out at you!
( Horror / Sci-Fi )


It Came from Outer Space Poster

MPAA Rating:
Approved

US Runtime: 81 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jun 05, 1953   [USA]
 
Director: Jack Arnold   [Director]
 
Writers: Ray Bradbury   [Story]
Harry Essex   [Screenplay]
 
Producer: William Alland   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Clifford Stine   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Paul Weatherwax   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Irving Gertz   [Original Music Composer]
Henry Mancini   [Original Music Composer]
Herman Stein   [Original Music Composer]
 
Costume Design: Rosemary Odell   [Costume Design]
 
Production Company: Universal Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.

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
Ralph Brooks
Unidentified Posse Man (unconfirmed)
Ned Davenport
Man Outside Newspaper Office (unconfirmed)
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Dave Willock
Pete Davis (uncredited)
Alan Dexter
Dave Loring (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Dr. Snell (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
George Selk
Tom, a hobo (uncredited)
Bradford Jackson
Bob, Snell's assistant (uncredited)
Robert Carson
Dugan, reporter (uncredited)
 
Whitey Haupt
Perry, a boy (uncredited)
Virginia Mullen
Mrs. Daylon (uncredited)
William Pullen
Deputy Reed (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Dick Pinner
Reporter with Dugan (extra) (uncredited)
Casey MacGregor
Toby, a Hobo (uncredited)
 

Sound Crew:


Glenn E. Anderson
Sound
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
 
Joseph Gershenson
Music Director
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Roswell A. Hoffmann
Visual Effects
David S. Horsley
Special Effects
 
Jack Kevan
Special Effects
Milicent Patrick
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
 
Ruby R. Levitt
Set Decoration
 
 

Directing Crew:


Joseph E. Kenney
Assistant Director
 
 

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