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The Thing from Another World
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
1951 · Directed by Christian Nyby · 87 min · Drama · Horror · Science Fiction · 8 frames
Tagline
Natural or Supernatural?
Crew
- Screenplay: Charles Lederer
- Written by: Howard Hawks, Ben Hecht
- Cinematography: Russell Harlan
- Edited by: Roland Gross
- Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
- Produced by: Howard Hawks
Cast
- Kenneth Tobey as Captain Patrick Hendry
- Margaret Sheridan as Nikki
- Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Arthur Carrington
- Douglas Spencer as Ned 'Scotty' Scott
- James Young as Lt. Eddie Dykes
- Dewey Martin as Crew Chief Bob
- Robert Nichols as Lt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson
- William Self as Corporal Barnes
- Nicholas Byron as Tex Richards
- Eduard Franz as Dr. Stern
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Winchester Pictures Corporation, RKO Radio Pictures
- Budget: $1,300,000
- Box office: $1,950,000
- Themes: flying saucer, based on novel or book, pilot, research station, base, arctic polar circle region, survival, black and white, alien invasion, north pole
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