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...
Editor's Verdict
"The movie 'It Came from Outer Space' is a foundational science fiction film focusing on alien contact and paranoia in the desert. There is no indication in the provided plot summary or standard classification data that it is set during the Christmas season or incorporates any related themes or iconography. All criteria register as 'None'."
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Cast & Crew
Richard Carlson
John Putnam
Barbara Rush
Ellen Fields
Charles Drake
Sheriff Matt Warren
Joe Sawyer
Frank Daylon
Russell Johnson
George
Kathleen Hughes
Jane Dean
Dave Willock
Pete Davis (uncredited)
Alan Dexter
Dave Loring (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Dr. Snell (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Sam, a hobo (uncredited)
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