It Came from Outer Space (1953)
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Fantastic sights leap out at you!
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...
- Released: 1953-06-05
- Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Runtime: 1h 20m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 258 votes
Directed by Jack Arnold.
Top cast
- 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
- Kathleen Hughes as Jane Dean
- Dave Willock as Pete Davis (uncredited)
- Alan Dexter as Dave Loring (uncredited)
- George Eldredge as Dr. Snell (uncredited)
- Edgar Dearing as Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
Where to watch It Came from Outer Space
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- United Kingdom: stream on Cultpix; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
- India: stream on Cultpix; rent on Amazon Video
- Canada: stream on Cultpix; watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: stream on BINGE, Foxtel Now, Cultpix; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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