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The Thing from Another World
1951Age guide: 12+
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See it on the shelfScientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
★ 6.7/10 · 732 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Kenneth TobeyCaptain Patrick Hendry
Margaret SheridanNikki
Robert CornthwaiteDr. Arthur Carrington
Douglas SpencerNed 'Scotty' Scott
James YoungLt. Eddie Dykes
Dewey MartinCrew Chief Bob
Robert NicholsLt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson- William SelfCorporal Barnes
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
John Chard: There are no enemies in science, only phenomena to be studied. The Thing from Another World is set at The North Pole and… Read full review
Wuchak: Stuck at an isolated arctic station with some… Thing Scientists at a base in the frozen North discern the crash-landing of an unknown… Read full review