Ben Mankiewicz Intro - It Came From Outer Space (1953)

It Came From Outer Space - (Original Trailer)

No one will believe an amateur astronomer when he says aliens have landed in It Came From Outer Space (1953), one of the best science fiction movies of the 1950's.

It Came From Outer Space (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Like Nothing We've Ever Seen

First to the scene of the meteor impact, writer and amateur astronomer John (Richard Carlson) has told his gal Ellen and chopper pilot Pete (Barbara Rush, Dave Willock) to hang back, as he gets a good look at more effects designed for the 3-D feature, from a Ray Bradbury story, in It Came From Outer Space,1953.

It Came From Outer Space (1953) -- (Movie Clip) The Desert Can Kill

John (Richard Carlson) is getting public mockery and sympathy from only girlfriend Ellen (Barbara Rush) for his claims that he found a spaceship in the meteor crater now covered by an avalanche, stopping by a tree that spooked them the night before, with a trace of the alien’s trail, in It Came From Outer Space,1953.

It Came From Outer Space (1953) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Nice Town

Richard Carlson narrates about his fictional town, working from writer Ray Bradbury’s only original material ever written for a movie, introducing himself and Barbara Rush, with many shots, including a big meteor, created for the original 3-D exhibition, opening It Came From Outer Space,1953.

It Came From Outer Space (1953) -- (Movie Clip) The Wind Gets In The Wires

Not far from the site where the meteor landed, and where we know he really did see a spaceship, John (Richard Carlson) and girlfriend Ellen (Barbara Rush) visit with friendly electrical linemen George and Frank (Russell Johnson, Joe Sawyer), sharing more insight from the original Ray Bradbury story, in It Came From Outer Space,1953.