The Thing (From Another World)
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| Directed by | Christian Nyby |
| Produced by | Edward Lasker |
| Screenplay by |
Charles Lederer Uncredited: Howard Hawks Ben Hecht |
| Based on |
Who Goes There? 1938 novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. |
| Starring |
Margaret Sheridan Kenneth Tobey Douglas Spencer Robert O. Cornthwaite James Arness |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography | Russell Harlan, ASC |
| Edited by | Roland Gross |
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Winchester Pictures Corporation
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time
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87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.95 million (US rentals) |
The Thing from Another World is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film, directed by Christian Nyby, produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks' Winchester Pictures Corporation, and released by RKO Pictures. The film stars Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, and Douglas Spencer. James Arness plays The Thing, but he is difficult to recognize in costume and makeup due to both low lighting and other effects used to obscure his features. The film is based on the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell (writing under the pseudonym of Don A. Stuart).
The storyline concerns a U.S. Air Force crew and scientists who find a crashed flying saucer and a body frozen nearby in the Arctic ice. Returning to their remote research outpost with the humanoid body in a block of ice, they are forced to defend themselves against this malevolent, plant-based alien when it is accidentally revived.
A United States Air Force crew is dispatched from Anchorage, Alaska at the request of Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite), the chief scientist of a North Pole scientific outpost. They have evidence that an unknown flying craft has crashed in their vicinity, so reporter Ned Scott (Douglas Spencer) tags along for the story.
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