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...
Cast
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)
William Pullen
Deputy Reed (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Unidentified Posse Man (unconfirmed)
Ned Davenport
Man Outside Newspaper Office (unconfirmed)
Dick Pinner
Reporter with Dugan (extra) (uncredited)
Casey MacGregor
Toby, a Hobo (uncredited)
Crew
Jack Arnold
Director
Harry Essex
Screenplay
Ray Bradbury
Story
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Clifford Stine
Director of Photography
Joseph E. Kenney
Assistant Director
William Alland
Producer
Rosemary Odell
Costume Design
Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Glenn E. Anderson
Sound
Milicent Patrick
Special Effects
Jack Kevan
Special Effects
David S. Horsley
Special Effects
Roswell A. Hoffmann
Visual Effects
Herman Stein
Original Music Composer
Irving Gertz
Original Music Composer
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Joseph Gershenson
Music Director
Ruby R. Levitt
Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Robert F. Boyle
Art Direction
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
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