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It Came from Outer Space ()

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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.
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  • Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations.
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John Putnam
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Ellen Fields
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Sheriff Matt Warren
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Frank Daylon
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George
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Jane
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ralph Brooks ...
Posseman (uncredited)
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Dugan (uncredited)
Ned Davenport ...
Man (uncredited)
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Sam (uncredited)
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Dave Loring (uncredited)
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Dr. Snell (uncredited)
Whitey Haupt ...
Perry (uncredited)
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Posseman (uncredited)
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Bob - Dr. Snell's Assistant (uncredited)
Casey MacGregor ...
Toby (uncredited)
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Posseman (uncredited)
Virginia Mullen ...
Mrs. Daylon (uncredited)
Dick Pinner ...
Lober (uncredited)
William Pullen ...
Deputy Reed (uncredited)
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Tom (uncredited)
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Pete Davis (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jack Arnold

Written by

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Harry Essex ... (screenplay)
 
Ray Bradbury ... (story)

Produced by

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William Alland ... producer

Music by

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Irving Gertz ... (uncredited)
Henry Mancini ... (uncredited)
Herman Stein ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Clifford Stine

Film Editing by

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Paul Weatherwax

Art Direction by

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Robert F. Boyle ... (as Robert Boyle)
Bernard Herzbrun

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Russell A. Gausman
Ruby R. Levitt

Costume Design by

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Rosemary Odell

Makeup Department

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Joan St. Oegger ... hair stylist
Bud Westmore ... makeup artist
Jack Kevan ... makeup execution (uncredited)

Production Management

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Mack D'Agostino ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Joseph E. Kenney ... assistant director

Art Department

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Joseph Hurley ... conceptual artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Glenn E. Anderson ... sound
Leslie I. Carey ... sound

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David S. Horsley ... special photography
Roswell A. Hoffmann ... special photographic effects (uncredited) / visual effects optical printing (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Clifford Stine ... director of photagraphy
Everett Lehman ... best boy (uncredited)

Music Department

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Joseph Gershenson ... musical director
Samuel Hoffman ... musician: theremin (uncredited)
Ethmer Roten ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Other crew

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Milicent Patrick ... xenomorph design (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

John Putnam is a writer and an amateur stargazer with a new home out in the beautiful Arizona desert, which he enjoys with Ellen Fields, his girlfriend and a local schoolteacher. John is not trusted by the people of the small town near where he lives, certainly not by Sheriff Matt Warren, who feels protective of Ellen, and perhaps something more. One night, John and Ellen see a meteorite crash in the desert. John drags his friend, Pete, out of bed to take him over to the crash site in his helicopter. Once there, John climbs down into the crater. Unfortunately, he does so alone, as Pete and Ellen wait for him. John is the only one who sees the spaceship before a landslide covers it. And John is the only one who catches a glimpse of the hideous thing inside. At first John's story seems mad, until some of the townsfolk begin acting strange - as if they aren't really who they seem to be. Written by J. Spurlin

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Taglines Terror In 3-D... Reaching From The Screen To Seize You In Its Grasp!... See more »
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Also Known As
  • Strangers from Outer Space (United States)
  • Atomic Monster (United States)
  • The Meteor (United States)
  • Le météore de la nuit (France)
  • Gefahr aus dem Weltall (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 81 min
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Budget $800,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The Universal make-up department submitted two alien designs for consideration by the studio executives. The design that was rejected was saved and then later used as the Mutant in Universal's This Island Earth (1955). See more »
Goofs When Putnam and Ellen land back at the airport in the helicopter, Putnam is holding his pipe in his mouth upside down (bowl facing down). Pipe smokers sometimes have the bowl upside down, especially when it's raining. They tamp the tobacco tightly, light it, and then turn it upside down to keep the rain out of the bowl. Some pipe smokers will have them inverted even when it's not raining, possibly as an affectation, or simply habit. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Monolith Monsters (1957). See more »
Crazy Credits The credits are at the end rather than at the beginning. They include shots of the characters with the cast names, and the pictures would mean nothing if seen before the film. See more »
Quotes Sheriff Matt Warren: Did you know, Putnam, more people are murdered at ninety-two degrees Fahrenheit than any other temperature? I read an article once - lower temperatures, people are easy-going. Over ninety two, it's too hot to move. But just ninety-two, people get irritable.
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