It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958 film)

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It! The Terror from Beyond Space is a 1958 American science fiction horror film about a deadly alien creature stalking the crew of a spaceship returning from Mars, often cited as a precursor to later films like Alien.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
science fiction film
castMember Ann Doran
Dabbs Greer
Kim Spalding
Marshall Thompson
Paul Langton
Ray Corrigan
Richard Benedict
Shawn Smith
Thom Carney
cinematographyBy Kenneth Peach
countryOfOrigin United States
director Edward L. Cahn
distributor United Artists
editedBy Grant Whytock
filmingStyle black-and-white cinematography
genre horror
science fiction
hasTheme hostile alien life
isolation in space
paranoia among crew members
influenced Alien (1979 film)
isBlackAndWhite true
leadActor Marshall Thompson
medium feature film
monsterType extraterrestrial creature
musicBy Paul Sawtell
narrativeFocus survival horror aboard a spacecraft
notableFor being cited as a precursor to Alien
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A deadly alien creature stalks the crew of a spaceship returning from Mars.
producer Robert E. Kent
productionCompany United Artists
releaseDecade 1950s
releaseYear 1958
runtime approximately 69 minutes
screenwriter Jerome Bixby
setting Mars
spacecraft
storyBy Jerome Bixby
timePeriod set in the future

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