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| Credits | |
| Title: | The Thing from Another World |
| Director: | Christian Nyby Howard Hawks |
| Writers: | Charles Lederer; John W. Campbell, Jr.; Howard Hawks; Ben Hecht |
| Producers: | Howard Hawks; Edward Lasker |
| Composer: | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography: | Russell Harlan |
| Editors: | Roland Gross |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Winchester Pictures Corporation RKO Radio Pictures |
| Released: | April 29th, 1951 |
| Rating: | PG |
| Running time: | 87 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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The Thing from Another World is an American feature film of the science fiction and horror genres. It was directed by Christian Nyby & Howard Hawks with a script written by Charles Lederer, Howard Hawks, John W. Campbell, Jr. and Ben Hecht. It was produced by the Winchester Pictures Corporation and distributed through RKO Radio Pictures. It premiered in the United States on April 29th, 1951.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Margaret Sheridan | Nikki |
| Kenneth Tobey | Captain Patrick Hendry |
| Robert Cornthwaite | Doctor Arthur Carrington |
| Douglas Spencer | Scotty |
| James Young | Lieutenant Eddie Dykes |
| Dewey Martin | Crew chief Bob |
| Robert Nichols | Lieutenant Ken "Mac" MacPherson |
| William Self | Corporal Barnes |
| Eduard Franz | Doctor Stern |
| Sally Creighton | Mrs. Chapman |
| James Arness | The Thing |
| Robert Bray | Captain |
| Ted Cooper | Lieutenant |
| Allan Ray | Officer |
| Edmund Breon | Doctor Ambrose |
| Nicholas Byron | Tex Richards |
| John Dierkes | Doctor Chapman |
| George Fenneman | Doctor Redding |
| Lee Tung Foo | Lee, a cook |
| Paul Frees | Doctor Voorhees |
| Everett Glass | Doctor Wilson |
| King Kong | Eskimo |
| David McMahon | Brigadier General Fogarty |
| Bill Neff | Bill Stone |
| Walter Ng | Second cook |
| Charles Opunui | Eskimo |
| Norbert Schiller | Doctor Laurence |
| Robert Stevenson | Captain Smith, Fogarty's aide |
| Riley Sunrise | Eskimo |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Thing from Another World (1951), The Thing from Another World and Thing from Another World all redirect to this page.
- This movie was filmed at Glacier National Park in Montana. Another notable horror film that was filmed here is Stanley Kubrick's 1980 classic, The Shining.
- Although the movie premiered on April 6th, 1951, it opened to general release in the United States on April 29th, 1951.
- The Thing from Another World was re-released theatrically in 1957.
- The Thing from Another World was remade in 1982 by director John Carpenter as The Thing.
- This movie was featured in the 1978 John Carpenter film Halloween and can be seen when Tommy Doyle and Lindsey Wallace are watching horror movies on Halloween night. This same scene, as well as footage from the movie can also be found in Rob Zombie's 2007 remake of Halloween (2007).
- The 1995 sci-fi/horror film Xtro 3: Watch the Skies takes its subtitle from the phrase "Keep watching the skies" from this movie.
Recommendations[]
1950s Sci-Fi
See also[]
External Links[]
- The Thing from Another World at IMDB
- The Thing from Another World at Wikipedia
- The Thing from Another World at Letterboxd.com
- The Thing from Another World at Themoviedb.org
- The Thing from Another World at Rotten Tomatoes
References[]
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