The Thing from Another World
1951 · Movie · 1h 27m · NR
DramaHorrorScience Fiction
"Natural or Supernatural?"
Overview
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
Ratings
IMDb
7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Key crew
- Christian NybyDirector
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
- Charles LedererScreenplay
- Howard HawksWriter
- Ben HechtWriter
Cast
- Kenneth TobeyCaptain Patrick Hendry
- Margaret SheridanNikki
- Robert CornthwaiteDr. Arthur Carrington
- Douglas SpencerNed 'Scotty' Scott
- James YoungLt. Eddie Dykes
- Dewey MartinCrew Chief Bob
- Robert NicholsLt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson
- William SelfCorporal Barnes
- Nicholas ByronTex Richards
- Eduard FranzDr. Stern
- George FennemanDr. Redding
- Paul FreesProf. Voorhees
Stills
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Themes
flying saucerbased on novel or bookpilotresearch stationbasearctic polar circle regionsurvivalblack and whitealien invasionnorth polesurvival horroralien plant-life