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The Thing from Another World ()

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Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.
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Nikki
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Captain Patrick Hendry
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Dr. Carrington
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Scotty
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Lt. Eddie Dykes
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Crew Chief
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Lt. Ken Erickson
William Self ...
Corporal Barnes
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Dr. Stern
Sally Creighton ...
Mrs. Chapman
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'The Thing'
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Dr. Ambrose (uncredited)
Nicholas Byron ...
Tex Richards (uncredited)
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Dr. Chapman (uncredited)
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Dr. Redding (uncredited)
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Lee - a Cook (uncredited)
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Dr. Vorhees (uncredited)
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Dr. Wilson (uncredited)
'King Kong' Kashey ...
Eskimo (uncredited)
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Brig. Gen. Fogarty (uncredited)
Bill Neff ...
Bill Stone (uncredited)
Walter Ng ...
Second Cook (uncredited)
Charles Opunui ...
Eskimo (uncredited)
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Dr. Laurence (uncredited)
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Capt. Smith - Fogarty's Aide (uncredited)
Riley Sunrise ...
Eskimo (uncredited)

Directed by

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Christian Nyby
Howard Hawks ... (uncredited)

Written by

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Charles Lederer ... (screen play by)
 
John W. Campbell Jr. ... (based on the story "Who Goes There?" by)
 
Howard Hawks ... () (uncredited)
 
Ben Hecht ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Howard Hawks ... producer
Edward Lasker ... associate producer

Music by

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Dimitri Tiomkin

Cinematography by

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Russell Harlan ... director of photography

Editing by

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Roland Gross

Art Direction by

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Albert S. D'Agostino
John Hughes ... (as John J. Hughes)

Set Decoration by

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Darrell Silvera ... (set decorations)
William Stevens ... (set decorations)

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Larry Germain ... hair stylist
Lee Greenway ... makeup supervisor

Production Management

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Walter Daniels ... production manager (uncredited)
Eddie Donahoe ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Virgil Hart ... first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Maxwell O. Henry ... assistant director (uncredited)
Arthur Siteman ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Walter Allen ... nurseryman (uncredited)
Lucius O. Croxton ... art director: second unit (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Phil Brigandi ... sound
Clem Portman ... sound
Earl B. Mounce ... sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Donald Steward ... special effects
Ardell Lytle ... pyroeffects supervisor (uncredited)
Thol Simonson ... special effects technician (uncredited)

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Linwood G. Dunn ... special photographic effects (as Linwood Dunn)
Harold E. Stine ... process photography (uncredited)

Stunts

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Leslie Charles ... stunts (uncredited)
Dick Crockett ... stunts (uncredited)
Billy Curtis ... stunts (uncredited)
Sol Gorss ... stunts (uncredited)
Jim Griffin ... stunts (uncredited)
Bill Lewin ... stunts (uncredited)
Teddy Mangean ... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Moreland ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Morgan ... stunts (uncredited)
Charles Regan ... stunts (uncredited)
Russell Saunders ... stunts (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... stunts (uncredited)
Duke Taylor ... stunts (uncredited)
Ken Terrell ... stunts (uncredited)

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Landon Arnett ... camera operator (uncredited)
Emmett Bergholz ... camera operator (uncredited)
George K. Hollister ... camera operator (uncredited)
Howard Schwartz ... camera operator (uncredited)
Archie Stout ... director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
T-Bone Thompson ... camera operator (uncredited)
Harold E. Wellman ... director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Michael Woulfe ... wardrobe: ladies'

Music Department

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Dimitri Tiomkin ... music director
Haakon Bergh ... musician: flute (uncredited)
John T. Boudreau ... musician: drums (uncredited)
Alexander DuVoir ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Manuel Emanuel ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Henry Emerson ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Arthur L. Frantz ... musician-french horn (uncredited)
Manny Harmon ... orchestra manager (uncredited)
Samuel Hoffman ... musician: theremin (uncredited)
Mitchell Lurie ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Jack Marsh ... musician: saxophone (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Neely Plumb ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Max Rabinowitz ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Edward Rebner ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Tibor Shik ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Herbert Taylor ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Dimitri Tiomkin ... conductor (uncredited)
Raymond Turner ... musician: piano (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Scientists at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out! Written by KC Hunt

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Also Known As
  • The Thing from Another World! (United States)
  • The Thing (United States)
  • Howard Hawks' Production The Thing from Another World (United States)
  • Howard Hawks' Production The Thing from Another World (United Kingdom)
  • La chose d'un autre monde (France)
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Runtime
  • 87 min
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  • 1.78 : 1 / (high definition) (Turner Classic Movies June 2015 airing)
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Budget $1,600,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The skeleton crew at the South Pole Telescope station have a tradition every winter-over of watching this movie, and the other two adaptations on the very first night after the departure of the final plane of the season. See more »
Goofs As the flying saucer explodes, the camera tilts up to follow the blast, revealing the top of the Arctic backdrop built around the set. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Thing (1957). See more »
Soundtracks Can't Get Out of This Mood See more »
Crazy Credits Only technical and production credits precede the film, no acting credits. See more »
Quotes Ned "Scotty" Scott: All right, fellas, here's your story: North Pole, November Third, Ned Scott reporting. One of the world's greatest battles was fought and won today by the human race. Here at the top of the world a handful of American soldiers and civilians met the first invasion from another planet. A man by the name of Noah once saved our world with an ark of wood. Here at the North Pole, a few men performed a similar service with an arc of electricity. The flying saucer which landed here and its pilot have been destroyed, but not without causalities among our own meager forces. I would like to bring to the microphone some of the men responsible for our success... but as Senior Air force officer Captain Hendry is attending to demands over and above the call of duty... Doctor Carrington, the leader of the scientific expedition, is recovering from wounds received in the battle.
Eddie: [Softly] Good for you, Scotty.
Ned "Scotty" Scott: And now before giving you the details of the battle, I bring you a warning: Everyone of you listening to my voice, tell the world, tell this to everybody wherever they are. Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies.
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