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Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
Keywords
flying saucer
based on novel or book
pilot
research station
base
arctic polar circle region
survival
black and white
alien invasion
north pole
survival horror
alien plant-life
Casts
Kenneth Tobey
Captain Patrick Hendry
Margaret Sheridan
Nikki
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Arthur Carrington
Douglas Spencer
Ned 'Scotty' Scott
James Young
Lt. Eddie Dykes
Dewey Martin
Crew Chief Bob
Robert Nichols
Lt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson
William Self
Corporal Barnes
Nicholas Byron
Tex Richards
Eduard Franz
Dr. Stern
George Fenneman
Dr. Redding
Paul Frees
Prof. Voorhees
Everett Glass
Prof. Wilson
Norbert Schiller
Dr. Lorenz
Edmund Breon
Prof. Ambrose
John Dierkes
Dr. Chapman
Sally Creighton
Mrs. Chapman
James Arness
'The Thing'
David McMahon
Gen. Fogarty
Bill Neff
Bill Stone (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Capt. Smith - Fogarty's Aide (uncredited)
Crews
Roland Gross
Editor
Christian Nyby
Director
Howard Hawks
Producer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Charles Lederer
Screenplay
Russell Harlan
Director of Photography
John W. Campbell Jr.
Novel
Ken Terrell
Stunts
Dick Crockett
Stunts
Duke Taylor
Stunts
Sol Gorss
Stunts
Leslie Charles
Stunts
Bob Morgan
Stunts
Bill Lewin
Stunts
Russell Saunders
Stunts
Teddy Mangean
Stunts
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Dimitri Tiomkin
Music Director
William Stevens
Set Decoration
Donald Steward
Special Effects
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
John Hughes
Art Direction
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Edward Lasker
Associate Producer
Walter Daniels
Production Manager
Tom Steele
Stunts
Linwood G. Dunn
Special Effects
Arthur Siteman
Assistant Director
Phil Brigandi
Sound
Lee Greenway
Makeup Supervisor
Landon Arnett
Camera Operator
Clem Portman
Sound
Michael Woulfe
Costume Designer
Thol Simonson
Special Effects Technician
Howard Hawks
Writer
Ben Hecht
Writer
Backdrops & Posters
