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The Thing

8.1 109 mins Horror   Mystery   Science Fiction   1982
Universal Pictures   The Turman-Foster Company   Province of BC, Ministry of Tourism, Film Promotion Office  
Director(s): John Carpenter

In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.

Casts of The Thing

Kurt Russell

as MacReady

Keith David

as Childs

Wilford Brimley

as Blair

T.K. Carter

as Nauls

David Clennon

as Palmer

Richard Dysart

as Dr. Copper

Charles Hallahan

as Norris

Peter Maloney

as Bennings

Richard Masur

as Clark

Donald Moffat

as Garry

Joel Polis

as Fuchs

Thomas G. Waites

as Windows

Norbert Weisser

as Norwegian

Larry Franco

as Norwegian Passenger with Rifle

Nate Irwin

as Helicopter Pilot

William Zeman

as Pilot

Adrienne Barbeau

as Computer (voice) (uncredited)

John Carpenter

as Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)

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