The Thing

1982    1h 49m    R
8.284%92%81%
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Directed By
John Carpenter
Studio
Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company

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Cast of The Thing
  • Kurt RussellR.J. MacReady
  • Keith DavidChilds
  • Wilford BrimleyBlair
  • T.K. CarterNauls
  • David ClennonPalmer
  • Richard DysartDr. Copper
  • Charles HallahanNorris
  • Peter MaloneyBennings
  • Richard MasurClark
  • Donald MoffatGarry
  • Joel PolisFuchs
  • Thomas G. WaitesWindows
  • Norbert WeisserNorwegian
  • Larry J. FrancoNorwegian Passenger with Rifle
  • Nate IrwinHelicopter Pilot
  • William ZemanPilot
  • Adrienne BarbeauComputer (voice) (uncredited)
  • John CarpenterNorwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
  • JedThe Dog (uncredited)
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