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The Thing from Another World

Natural or Supernatural?

  • Movie
  • 1951
  • NR
  • 1h 27m

Directed by Christian Nyby

6.7

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6.7 out of 10 from 730 votes

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Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

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Cast and crew

  • Kenneth Tobey

    Kenneth TobeyCaptain Patrick Hendry

  • Margaret Sheridan

    Margaret SheridanNikki

  • Robert Cornthwaite

    Robert CornthwaiteDr. Arthur Carrington

  • Douglas Spencer

    Douglas SpencerNed 'Scotty' Scott

  • James Young

    James YoungLt. Eddie Dykes

  • Dewey Martin

    Dewey MartinCrew Chief Bob

  • Robert Nichols

    Robert NicholsLt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson

  • William SelfCorporal Barnes

  • Nicholas ByronTex Richards

  • Eduard Franz

    Eduard FranzDr. Stern

  • George FennemanDr. Redding

  • Paul Frees

    Paul FreesProf. Voorhees

  • Everett Glass

    Everett GlassProf. Wilson

  • Norbert Schiller

    Norbert SchillerDr. Lorenz

  • Edmund Breon

    Edmund BreonProf. Ambrose

  • John Dierkes

    John DierkesDr. Chapman

  • Sally CreightonMrs. Chapman

  • James Arness

    James Arness'The Thing'

Director
Christian Nyby
Writer
Charles Lederer, John W. Campbell Jr. and Howard Hawks
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Russell Harlan