The Thing from Another World

DIRECTED BY Christian Nyby

WRITTEN BY Charles Lederer, John W. Campbell Jr., Howard Hawks

STARRING Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness

Featuring an introduction and post-screening discussion with Alec Nevala-Lee, author of Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Nevala-Lee discovered and enabled the publication of Frozen Hell, the original uncut version of Campbell's novella "Who Goes There?", which has been filmed three times as THE THING.

When scientist Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite) reports a UFO near his North Pole research base, the Air Force sends in a team under Capt. Patrick Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) to investigate. What they find is a wrecked spaceship and a humanoid creature (James Arness) frozen in the ice. They bring their discovery back to the base, but Carrington and Hendry disagree over what to do with it. Meanwhile, the creature is accidentally thawed and begins wreaking havoc.

Production Year 1951

Country of Origin USA

Language English

Run Time 87 min