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It Came from Outer Space premieres

When: 27 May 1953
Sources: 1 public source

Title screen from the 1953 trailer for It Came from Outer Space Universal Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Universal's first 3-D film, directed by Jack Arnold from a Ray Bradbury story, premiered in Los Angeles. Its stranded visitors want only to repair their ship and leave, a contrast to the hostile invaders of other saucer-era films.

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OtherIt Came from Outer Space (1953) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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