The Thing from Another World

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1951

1h 27m

English

Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

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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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The Thing from Another World

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1951

1h 27m

English

Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

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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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Kenneth Tobey

Captain Patrick Hendry

Margaret Sheridan

Nikki

Robert Cornthwaite

Dr. Arthur Carrington

Ned 'Scotty' Scott

Lt. Eddie Dykes

Crew Chief Bob

Lt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson

Corporal Barnes

Tex Richards

Dr. Stern

Dr. Redding

Prof. Voorhees

Prof. Wilson

Dr. Lorenz

Prof. Ambrose

Dr. Chapman

Mrs. Chapman

'The Thing'

Gen. Fogarty

Bill Stone (uncredited)

Directed By: Howard Hawks, Christian Nyby

Written By: Charles Lederer (Screenplay), John W. Campbell Jr. (Novel)

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jekyl6669 says...

6 years ago

I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but be bored throughout most of it. I know it's deemed a classic and had a hand in inspiring a lot in cinema, but the tension is almost non-existent and the creature ends up looking silly as hell. Perhaps I've just been spoiled from too many years of watching the superior remake, that I expect too much of it. It's quaintly old fashioned, and that makes it fun for midnight-movie viewing, when that mood strikes you, but it's hard to take seriously as a film.

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LaShondaFelton8 says...

5 years ago

DID KENNETH TOBEY BECOME AN NATURAL BLOND??:blond_haired_person_tone1::male_sign:

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jarvis-8243417 says...

one year ago

Howard Hawks’ _The Thing from Another World_ is a fairly typical ‘50s sci-fi adventure film. Based on a short story, a US Air Force team at an Artic research station is sent to investigate a possible UFO craft hidden beneath the ice and end up discovering an alien creature. The writing is very broad and relies mostly on character stereotypes. And, the directing does a rather poor job at bringing suspense and intensity to the UFO discovery and the ensuing standoff with the alien. Still, there’s enough action and excitement in _The Thing from Another World_ to be mildly entertaining.

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Saint Pauly says...

9 months ago

Like stories grandpa's stories of the Great Depression: interesting and not badly told, but we tell stories differently and better nowadays. Perhaps the most interesting thing about this movie is it's the original The Thing...

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John Chard

6 years ago

There are no enemies in science, only phenomena to be studied.

The Thing from Another World is set at The North Pole and finds a bunch of U.S. airmen, scientists and a journalist getting more than they bargained for when they investigate a space craft frozen in the ice.

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Wuchak

11 months ago

**_Stuck at an isolated arctic station with some… Thing_**

Scientists at a base in the frozen North discern the crash-landing of an unknown vessel 50 miles away, which they naturally investigate with the corresponding militarists. They bring a mysterious frozen specimen back to the station. Big More

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