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Release Date: 1951

Cast: James R. Young, Robert O. Cornthwaite, Dewey Martin, William Self, Eduard Franz, Sally Creighton, Douglas Spencer, Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Paul Frees, James Arness, George Fenneman ...MORE

Cast: James R. Young, Robert O. Cornthwaite, Dewey Martin, William Self, Eduard Franz, Sally Creighton, Douglas Spencer, Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Paul Frees, James Arness, George Fenneman, John Dierkes ...LESS

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The Thing from Another World (often referred to as The Thing before its 1982 remake), is a 1951 science fiction film based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell (writing under the pseudonym of "Don A. Stuart"). It tells the story of an Air Force crew and scientists at a remote Arctic research outpost who fight a malevolent plant-based alien being. It stars Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite and Douglas Spencer. James Arness appeared as The Thing, who was difficult to recognize in costume and makeup. No actors are named during the opening credits; the... MORE

The Thing from Another World (often referred to as The Thing before its 1982 remake), is a 1951 science fiction film based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell (writing under the pseudonym of "Don A. Stuart"). It tells the story of an Air Force crew and scientists at a remote Arctic research outpost who fight a malevolent plant-based alien being. It stars Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite and Douglas Spencer. James Arness appeared as The Thing, who was difficult to recognize in costume and makeup. No actors are named during the opening credits; the only cast credit is at the movie's end. The movie was partly filmed in Glacier National Park and at a Los Angeles ice storage plant. In 2001, the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. A United States Air Force re-supply crew is officially dispatched by General Fogerty (David McMahon) from Anchorage, Alaska at the unusual request of Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite), chief of a group of scientists working at a North Pole base, Polar Expedition Six. They have evidence that an unknown flying LESS