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It Came from Outer Space is a 1953 American science fiction horror film, the first in the 3D process from Universal-International. [1] It was produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold. The film stars Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush, and features Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, and Russell Johnson.
Ray Douglas Bradbury (US: / ˈ b r æ d b ɛr i / BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
Moby Dick is a 1956 adventure film directed and produced by John Huston, adapted by Huston and Ray Bradbury from Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. It stars Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, and Leo Genn as Starbuck, with supporting performances by James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Noel Purcell and Orson Welles as Father Mapple.
[9] [10] The film, starring Rod Steiger who was an acquaintance of Bradbury, was both a critical and financial failure. [10] In 1992, the story was adapted for television, appearing as an episode in the series The Ray Bradbury Theater and starring Marc Singer, with Bradbury providing the introduction. As the original setting of Venus was no ...
Domergue's film debut Where the Sidewalk Ends: Otto Preminger: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill: Film noir: 20th Century Fox. Based on novel Night Cry: Whirlpool: Otto Preminger: Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, Jose Ferrer: Film noir: 20th Century Fox: The White Tower: Ted Tetzlaff: Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Claude Rains: Adventure: RKO ...
A film adaptation of the same name starring Ben Kingsley, Edward Burns, and Catherine McCormack was released in 2005. [5] Famed film critic Roger Ebert stated that while he "cannot endorse it, [he] can appreciate it" as a film that is bad because it "want[s] so much to be terrific that [it] explode[s] under the strain."
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 88% based on reviews from 25 critics. [4]The New York Times, in its May 1950 review, described it as a "fairly obvious and plodding recital, involving crime, passion, stolen iridium, gangland beatings and one man's innocent bewilderment upon being caught up in a web of circumstance that marks him for death".
Ray Bradbury (adapted by George Lefferts) June 17, 1950 12 "Destination Moon" Robert A. Heinlein (adapted directly from the George Pal film) June 24, 1950 13 "A Logic Named Joe" Murray Leinster (adapted by Claris A. Ross) July 1, 1950 14 "Mars Is Heaven!" Ray Bradbury (adapted by Ernest Kinoy) July 7, 1950 15 "The Man in the Moon" George Lefferts