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The Thing from Another World
1951
· Movie
· 87 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Every rating
55–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 55, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 87, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Scientists and military personnel at a remote Arctic research outpost discover a crashed aircraft buried in the ice. They recover a frozen, humanoid occupant, but the creature thaws and escapes. The team finds themselves trapped with a hostile, intelligent alien being that stalks them through the isolated base, breeding paranoia and fear.
Details
- Director
- Christian Nyby
- Writers
- Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Howard Hawks
- Based on
- Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell
- Released
- 5 April 1951
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $1.9M
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Awards
1 win total
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