| It Came from Outer Space | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Joseph Smith | |
| Directed by | Jack Arnold |
| Screenplay by | Harry Essex |
| Story by | Ray Bradbury |
| Produced by | William Alland |
| Starring | Richard Carlson Barbara Rush |
| Cinematography | Clifford Stine |
| Edited by | Paul Weatherwax |
| Music by | Joseph Gershenson (supervision) Uncredited: Irving Gertz Henry Mancini Herman Stein |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal-International |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000 |
| Box office | $1.6 million (rentals) |
It Came from Outer Space is a 1953 American science fiction horror film, the first in the 3D process from Universal-International.[1] It was produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold. The film stars Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush, and features Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, and Russell Johnson. The script is based on Ray Bradbury's original film treatment "The Meteor" and not, as sometimes claimed, a published short story.[2]
It Came from Outer Space tells the story of an amateur astronomer and his fiancée who are stargazing in the desert when a large fiery object crashes to Earth. At the crash site, he discovers a round alien spaceship just before it is completely buried by a landslide. When he tells the local sheriff and newspaper editor what he saw, he is branded a crackpot. Before long, odd things begin to happen, and the disbelief turns hostile.
- ^ Arnold, Jack (1953-05-25), It Came from Outer Space, archived from the original on 2016-05-05, retrieved 2016-05-03
- ^ Stafford, Jeff. "Articles: 'It Came from Outer Space'." Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: January 10, 2015.