1953 • NR • 1h 21m
6.3/10
(204 users) 
Overview
Author & amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite Author & amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona, but 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...
6.3/10
(204 users) 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) 
George Selk Tom, a hobo (uncredited) Bradford Jackson Bob, Snell's assistant (uncredited) Robert Carson Dugan, reporter (uncredited) Whitey Haupt Perry, a boy (uncredited) Virginia Mullen Mrs. Daylon (uncredited) 
Jack Arnold Director Harry Essex Screenplay Robert F. Boyle Art Direction Paul Weatherwax Editor Rosemary Odell Costume Design William Alland Producer Ruby R. Levitt Set Decoration Herman Stein Original Music Composer Bernard Herzbrun Art Direction Irving Gertz Original Music Composer Clifford Stine Director of Photography Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration 
Henry Mancini Original Music Composer 
Milicent Patrick Special Effects Leslie I. Carey Sound
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) George Selk Tom, a hobo (uncredited) Bradford Jackson Bob, Snell's assistant (uncredited) Robert Carson Dugan, reporter (uncredited) Whitey Haupt Perry, a boy (uncredited) Virginia Mullen Mrs. Daylon (uncredited) Jack Arnold Director Harry Essex Screenplay Robert F. Boyle Art Direction Paul Weatherwax Editor Rosemary Odell Costume Design William Alland Producer Ruby R. Levitt Set Decoration Herman Stein Original Music Composer Bernard Herzbrun Art Direction Irving Gertz Original Music Composer Clifford Stine Director of Photography Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration Henry Mancini Original Music Composer Milicent Patrick Special Effects Leslie I. Carey Sound 
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