Scientist at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out!

The Thing from Another World (1951)
  • Rating: (10,554 votes)
  • Taglines:Look Out...It's » Howard Hawks' Astounding Movie »
  • Runtime:87 minutes
  • Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Nikki Nicholson
    Margaret Sheridan
    Captain Patrick Hendry
    Kenneth Tobey
    Dr. Arthur Carrington
    Robert Cornthwaite
    Ned 'Scotty' Scott
    Douglas Spencer
    Lt. Eddie Dykes
    James Young
    Crew Chief Bob
    Dewey Martin
    Lt. Ken 'Mac' MacPherson
    Robert Nichols
    Corporal Barnes
    William Self
    Dr. Stern
    Eduard Franz
    Mrs. Chapman
    Sally Creighton
  • Genres:Horror, Sci-Fi
  • Producers:
    Howard Hawks
    producer  
    Edward Lasker
    associate producer  
  • Plots: Scientist at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out! Written by KC Hunt <khunt@eng.morgan.edu>
The Thing from Another World
  • User's comment:A true classic. by RALL (rall@noln.com)

    In an era where flying saucers were seen on a daily basis, the theatre going public was ready for this classic movie. Howard Hawks managed to scare the heck out of the many without the gore. That in itself was an achievement. Hawks made the audience use their imaginations. The movie has the right balance of fear, terror, great acting, etc. An enjoyable thriller.


  • Quotes: Ned "Scotty" Scott: So few people can boast that they've lost a flying saucer and a man from Mars -all in the same day! Wonder what they'd have done to Columbus if he'd discovered America, and then mislaid it. Ned "Scotty" Scott: An intellectual carrot. The mind boggles. Dr. Arthur Carrington: There are no enemies in science, only phenomena to be studied.
  • Also known as: Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt (Austria), Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt (West Germany), Het ding van een andere wereld (Belgium - Flemish title), Het ding van een andere wereld (Netherlands - literal title), La chose d'un autre monde (Belgium - French title), La chose d'un autre monde (France), La cosa (Mexico - imdb display title), La cosa (Venezuela), 'Se' toisesta maailmasta (Finland), A Ameaça (Portugal - imdb display title), A lény - egy másik világból (Hungary - imdb display title), Det från en annan värld (Finland - Swedish title), El enigma de otro mundo (Argentina - imdb display title), El enigma... de otro mundo (Spain), El invasor de otro mundo (Argentina - TV title), Fantomen från Mars (Sweden), L'enigma d'un altre món (Spain - Catalan title), La chose (France - short title), La cosa da un altro mondo (Italy), Manden fra Mars (Denmark), O Enigma do Outro Mundo (Brazil - DVD title), O Monstro do Ártico (Brazil), The Thing (USA - short title), The Thing from Another World! (USA - poster title), To pragma ap' ton allo kosmo (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title),

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