It Came from Outer Space

Mojave night, desert stars humming a cold chorus. A fireball gouges the sand, still smoking when John and Ellen arrive. The thing in the crater isn’t stone. Jack Arnold’s 1953 set piece trades sermons for sonar, suspecting aliens without sermons.

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Jack Arnold directed It Came from Outer Space in 1953. See Jack Arnold's full filmography, where to start with Jack Arnold, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jack Arnold.

It Came from Outer Space was released in 1953 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 80 minutes.