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About
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
Theatrical
Apr 7, 1951
Box Office
$2.0M
Budget
$1.3M
Return
1.5x
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Howard Hawks, Edward Lasker
Music
Studio
Winchester Pictures Corporation, RKO Radio Pictures
Quotes
See all →Questions About an Unknown Entity
Taglines
Where Did It Come From? How Did It Get Here? WHAT IS IT?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Nature or Supernature: A Question Raised
Taglines
Natural or Supernatural?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →K
Kenneth Tobey
Captain Patrick Hendry
M
Margaret Sheridan
Nikki
R
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Arthur Carrington
D
Douglas Spencer
Ned 'Scotty' Scott
J
James Young
Lt. Eddie Dykes
D
Dewey Martin
Crew Chief Bob
R
Robert Nichols
Lt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson
W
William Self
Corporal Barnes
E
Eduard Franz
Dr. Stern
G
George Fenneman
Dr. Redding
P
Paul Frees
Prof. Voorhees
E
Everett Glass
Prof. Wilson
N
Norbert Schiller
Dr. Lorenz
E
Edmund Breon
Prof. Ambrose
J
John Dierkes
Dr. Chapman
J
James Arness
'The Thing'
D
David McMahon
Gen. Fogarty
B
Bill Neff
Bill Stone (uncredited)
R
Robert Stevenson
Capt. Smith - Fogarty's Aide (uncredited)
