Fresh
[A] scary black-and-white SF effort from 1953.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
It Came from Outer Space
Fantastic sights leap out at you!
1953 · 1h 21m · Approved
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Jack Arnold
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...
Director and cast
- Jack Arnold Director
- Richard Carlson as John Putnam
- Barbara Rush as Ellen Fields
- Charles Drake as Sheriff Matt Warren
- Joe Sawyer as Frank Daylon
- Russell Johnson as George
- Dave Willock as Pete Davis
- Kathleen Hughes as Jane Dean
- Alan Dexter as Dave Loring (uncredited)
- George Eldredge Cast
- Edgar Dearing Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Merely mildly diverting, not stupendous.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Fresh
The 3-D process leaves the image somewhat murky, but you can discern sparks of authentic pulp poetry throughout.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Picture has been smartly fashioned to take advantage of all the tricks of science-fiction and 3-D.
Variety
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