Movie Description A wonderfully crisp script and quick-paced direction distinguishes this film about an alien creature discovered near an Arctic outpost. Members of a scientific research team cart the frozen pilot back to camp where it thaws out--much to their regret.
| Credits | | Producer: | Howard Hawks | | Cast: | Dewey Martin, Eduard Franz, John Dierkes, Robert Cornthwaite, Robert Nichols, William Self |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Snap Case Full Frame - 1.33 Single Side - Dual Layer, The Turner videocassette is part of the "RKO Collection."
Editorial Reviews "...[A] sci-fi classic..." USA Today - Mike Clark (02/28/1992)
"...THE THING is a rare cautionary Cold War tale that's also plain fun..." Entertainment Weekly - Joshua Rich (08/01/2003)
5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a Cold War masterpiece, paranoid tension building slowly as a team of egghead scientists and square-jawed air force officers discover a deep-frozen UFO." Total Film - Jamie Russell (05/01/2007)
"Dimitri Tiomkin's rousing score cranks up the tension while Russell Harlan's atmospheric cinematography helps convince us that we really are in some icy wilderness." Sight and Sound - Geoffrey Macnab (04/01/2007)
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