| UPC: |
053939-668629 (DVD) |
| Region Coding: |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Production Year: |
1951 |
| Rating: |
NR |
| Running Time: |
87 min. |
| DVD Release: |
8/5/2003 |
| Case Type: |
Snapper |
| Video Formats: |
Full Frame 1.33:1 |
| Disc Formats: |
Single Sided, Single Layered |
| SRP: |
$19.98 |
Arctic researchers discover a huge, frozen spaceling inside a crash-landed UFO, then fight for their lives after the murderous being (a pre-Gunsmoke James Arness) emerges from icy captivity. Will other creatures soon follow? The famed final words of this film are both warning and answer: "Keep watching the skies!"
A snappy ensemble. An eerie theremin-infused Dimitri Tiomkin score. Rising suspense. Crisp Christian Nyby direction. All merge in an edgy classic produced by Howard Hawks (Bringing Up Baby, Rio Bravo) and filled with Hawksian trademarks of rapid-fire dialogue and of people united by do-or-die stress. Keep watching the skies and the screen. Don't miss a moment of "one of the best sci-fi thrillers of the '50s" (John Stanley, Creature Features). |
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| Genres |
Horror
Science Fiction
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| Studios |
RKO Radio Pictures
Winchester Pictures
Media Companies: Turner Entertainment Company, Warner Home Video |
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| Features |
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned |
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| Subtitles |
English
French
Spanish |
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| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital Mono
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| Cast |
Margaret Sheridan as Nikki
Kenneth Tobey as Captain Patrick Hendry
Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Carrington
Douglas Spencer as Scotty
James Young as Lt. Eddie Dykes
Dewey Martin as Crew Chief
Robert Nichols as Lt. Ken Erickson
William Self as Coporal Barnes
Eduard Franz as Dr. Stern
Sally Creighton as Mrs. Chapman
James Arness as "The Thing"
Edmund Breon as Dr. Ambrose (uncredited)
Nicholas Byron as Tex Richards (uncredited)
John Dierkes as Dr. Chapman (uncredited)
George Fenneman as Dr. Redding (uncredited)
Lee Tung Foo as Lee, First Cook (uncredited)
Paul Frees as Dr. Vorhees (uncredited)
Everett Glass as Dr. Wilson (uncredited)
David McMahon as Brigadier General Fogarty (uncredited)
Walter Ng as Second Cook (uncredited)
Norbert Schiller as Dr. Laurence (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson as Captain Smith (uncredited) |
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| Crew |
Direction:
Christian Nyby: Director
Writing:
Charles Lederer: Screenwriter
John W. Campbell, Jr.: Original Material By
Production:
Howard Hawks: Producer
Cinematography:
Russell Harlan: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Roland Gross: Film Editor
Music:
Dimitri Tiomkin: Composer
Sound:
Phil Brigandi: Sound
Clem Portman: Sound
Art:
Donald Steward: Visual Effects
Albert S. D'Agostino: Art Director
John J. Hughes: Art Director
Michael Woulfe: Costume Designer
Lee Greenway: Make-up Artist
Linwood Dunn: Visual Effects
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