The thing from another world / an RKO Radio picture ; Winchester Pictures Corp. ; screen play by Charles Lederer ; producer, Howard Hawks ; directed by Christian Nyby.
Edition:
Collector's edition.
Publisher:
Turner Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
1991
Description:
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 12 in.
Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Douglas Spencer, James Arness. Based on the story Who goes there? by John W. Campbell, Jr. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951. Includes original theatrical trailer, poster and lobby cards, production photos, pressbook materials, complete text of short story.
Summary:
At the North Pole, a team of research scientists discover a flying saucer and its pilot buried in the frozen tundra. Carting the entombed being back to camp in a block of ice, a careless crewman unknowingly thaws the Thing, unleasing a blood-thirsty nightmare as the souless intruder stalks and kills with calculating precision.
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