It Came from Outer Space [1953 film]

by Jack Arnold (Director)

Other authors: William Alland (Producer), Ray Bradbury (Writer), Richard Carlson (Actor), Charles Drake (Actor), Harry Essex (Screenwriter) — 5 more, Kathleen Hughes (Actor), Russell Johnson (Actor), Barbara Rush (Actor), Joe Sawyer (Actor), Joseph Sawyer (Actor)

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After discovering that a meteor-like object buried under a landslide is an inhabited space ship from another planet, a young scientist delays an attack by panic-stricken townspeople so that the ship can leave the earth.

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2024 movie #36. 1953. Author and girlfriend see a meteor crash in the Arizona desert but find it's actually an alien ship. Nobody believes them until various townsfolk start disappearing. All the aliens wanted was some help in repairing their ship so they could leave. Good film. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Arnold, Jack	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Alland, William	Producer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bradbury, Ray	Writer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carlson, Richard	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Drake, Charles	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Essex, Harry	Screenwriter	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hughes, Kathleen	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Johnson, Russell	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rush, Barbara	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sawyer, Joe	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sawyer, Joseph	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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It Came from Outer Space by Ray Bradbury

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It Came from Outer Space (Monsters Series) by Ian Thorne

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Hugo Award (Nominee – Dramatic Presentation - Short Form – 1954)

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It Came from Outer Space [1953 film]

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1953-06-05

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John Putnam (Richard Carlson)

Ellen Fields (Barbara Rush)

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Sand Rock, Arizona, USA

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It Came from Outer Space (1953 | IMDb)

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After discovering that a meteor-like object buried under a landslide is an inhabited space ship from another planet, a young scientist delays an attack by panic-stricken townspeople so that the ship can leave the earth.

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