Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
Direction
Hawks' invisible hand: overlapping dialogue, professional competence, no time for fear.
Practical Effects
That flaming vegetable monster? Still more convincing than most CGI.
Writing
Screenplay by Charles Lederer—wit so sharp it cuts through the ice.
Director
Christian Nyby
Kenneth Tobey
Captain Patrick Hendry
Margaret Sheridan
Nikki
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Arthur Carrington
Douglas Spencer
Ned 'Scotty' Scott
James Young
Lt. Eddie Dykes
Dewey Martin
Crew Chief Bob
Robert Nichols
Lt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson
Eduard Franz
Dr. Stern
Paul Frees
Prof. Voorhees
Everett Glass
Prof. Wilson
Norbert Schiller
Dr. Lorenz
Edmund Breon
Prof. Ambrose
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hawks allegedly 'produced' so hard he directed; Nyby won an editing Oscar with Hawks years earlier.
Carpenter's 1982 remake is loyal to the novella; this version is loyal to Hawksian masculinity under pressure.
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This movie scared the CRAP out of me when I was a little kid. I appreciate it now because this was made during the Cold War when everyone feared an atomic war and there were also many flying saucer sightings in the early 50's - you could feel the anxiety.....
@wtglb 4
The first version of this movie is superior to other films of the same time period. It's story is more complex. Instead of saying stupid comments of how this doesn't compare to the 1982 version, just watch some SF movies of this movies' time period and you see it is a very good effort. I like the colorized version because it's easier to see the action.
@ACAW1968 5
Getting this on DVD this week!😀🏔️🐧👽🛸
@jessesands4099 1
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