The Thing
Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone.
- 1982
- Rated R
- 1h 49m
- Horror
- Mystery
- Science Fiction
Rating: 8.1 out of 10TMDB(8.4K votes)
Overview
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Box office
Grossed $19.6M worldwide, about 1.3 times its $15M budget
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Collection
Part of The Thing Collection
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Bill LancasterScreenplay
- John W. Campbell Jr.Novel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 25, 1982
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $15M
- Revenue
- $19.6M
- Countries
- United States of America
- Collection
- The Thing Collection
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Cast
Kurt RussellMacReady
Wilford BrimleyBlair
T.K. CarterNauls
David ClennonPalmer
Keith DavidChilds
Richard DysartDr. Copper
Charles HallahanNorris
Peter MaloneyBennings
Richard MasurClark
Donald MoffatGarry
Joel PolisFuchs
Thomas G. WaitesWindows
Norbert WeisserNorwegian
Larry FrancoNorwegian Passenger with Rifle- Nate IrwinHelicopter Pilot
- William ZemanPilot
John CarpenterNorwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
Adrienne BarbeauComputer (voice) (uncredited)
JedDog Thing (uncredited)
Bill LancasterNorwegian (uncredited)
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