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Thing (From Another
World), The
US 1951
87 min, No rating, Black & White, Available on videocassette and laserdisc
Director
Christian Nyby
Cast Includes
Kenneth Tobey Margaret Sheridan
Robert Cornthwaite Douglas Spencer
James Arness Dewey Martin
William Self George Fenneman
Classic blend of science-fiction and horror, loosely based on John W. Campbell,
Jr.'s Who Goes There? Scientists at lonely Arctic outpost dig up alien
(Arness) from the permafrost and must fight for their lives when it's accidentally
thawed. Tense direction (often credited to producer Howard Hawks), excellent
performances, eerie score by Dmitri Tiomkin. Screenplay by Charles Lederer.
Watch out for 81 minute reissue prints. Remade in 1982 (as THE THING).
Also shown in computer-colored version.
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