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The Thing from Another World
The Thing from Another World, sometimes referred to as just The Thing, 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 Radio Pictures. The film stars Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, and Douglas Spencer. James Arness plays The Thing. The Thing from Another World is based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell (writing under the pseudonym of Don A. Stuart).
Plot
In Anchorage, journalist Ned Scott, looking for a story, visits the officer's club of the Alaskan Air Command, where he meets Captain Pat Hendry, his co-pilot Lieutenant Eddie Dykes, (a friend of Scott's), and flight navigator Ken "Mac" MacPherson. General Fogarty orders Hendry to fly to Polar Expedition Six at the North Pole, per a request from its lead scientist, Nobel laureate Dr. Arthur Carrington; Carrington has radioed that an unusual aircraft has crashed nearby. With Scott, Corporal Barnes, crew chief Bob, and a pack of sled dogs, Hendry pilots a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft to the remote outpost.
More details
| author | Ben Hecht Charles Lederer Howard Hawks John W. Campbell |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Antarctica |
| director | Christian Nyby Howard Hawks |
| editor | Roland Gross |
| events | Cold War extraterrestrial life flying saucer |
| genre | horror science fiction |
| keywords | advanced alaskan air command alien attack attack blood plasma build bury carnivorous plant disturb douglas c-47 skytrain electric blanket fall frozen body geiger counter greenhouse injured inuit kill load morning nobel nobel prize north pole obsess officer\'s club plant life polar expedition radio operator sever sled dogs thermite warn |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| productionCompany | Winchester Pictures Corporation |
| publisher | RKO Pictures |
| recordedAt | Montana |
| theme | extraterrestrial life monster movie science fiction horror war |