“The Thing from Another World” (1951) / Z-View
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Director: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks (uncredited)
Screenplay: Charles Lederer based on the story Who Goes There by John W. Campbell Jr.
Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, Douglas Spencer, James Young, Dewey Martin, Robert Nichols, William Self, Eduard Franz and James Arness, Billy Curtis.
Tagline: What do you know about it? What does science know about it? What does ANYONE know about THE THING?
The Plot…
A small band of scientists and soldiers stationed in the Arctic discover a flying saucer buried in the polar ice. Not far from the ship they find an alien also frozen in the ice. When they bring the block of ice containing the creature back to their base camp, they have no idea the horror that is in store.
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
There are more uncredited stuntmen (14) on this picture than credited actors (11).
Although the thing is on screen for less than three minutes, the film’s Make-up Artist (Lee Greenway) spent five months making eighteen sculptures of the monster before Howard Hawks was satisfied with one.
The Thing from Another World is a Classic!
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