The Thing From Another World

Director: Christian Nyby

Overview

"The Thing (or The Thing (From Another World), as it is also called) had some confusion inherent in its basic make-up from its origins. The movie is officially credited to Christian Nyby as director, but nobody has ever really believed that, since it does

Product Details

Release Date:	09/13/2005
UPC:	0053939668629
Original Release:	1951
Rating:	NR
Source:	Turner Home Ent
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:27:00
Sales rank:	4,058

Special Features

Closed Caption;Interactive menus; Theatrical trailer; Scene access; Subtitles: English, Fran?ais & Espa?ol

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Margaret Sheridan	Nikki Nicholson
Kenneth Tobey	Capt. Patrick Hendry
Robert Cornthwaite	Dr. Arthur Carrington
James Arness	"The Thing"
Douglas Spencer	Ned "Scotty" Scott
James Young	Lt. Ed Dykes
Dewey Martin	Bob
Robert Nichols	Lt. Ken Erickson
William Self	Sgt. Barnes
Eduard Franz	Dr. Stern
John Dierkes	Dr. Chapman
Sally Creighton	Mrs. Chapman
Paul Frees	Dr. Vorrhees,Dr. Maurice Vorrhees
George Fenneman	Redding
David McMann	Gen. Fogerty
Billy Curtis	The Thing While Shrinking
Everett Glass	Prof. Wilson
Tom Steele	Stuntman
Norbert Schiller	Dr. Laurenz
Edmund Breon	Dr. Ambrose
William Neff	Olson,Bill Stone
Lee Tung Foo	Cook
Walter Ng	Cook
Bob Stevenson	Capt. Smith,Capt. Smith
Robert Gutknecht	Cpl. Hauser
Robert Bray	Captain
Ted Cooper	Lieutenant
Allan Ray	Lieutenant
Nicholas Byron	Ted Richards
Milton Kibbee	Bit Part,Actor
Ray McDonald	Bit Part
Edgar Murray	Bit Part
H.B. Newton	Bit Part
Carmen Nisbet	Bit Part
Lucille Thompson	Bit Part
Bill Self	Corporal Barnes
David McMahon	Gen. Fogarty
Dimitri Tiomkin	Composer

Technical Credits

Charles Lederer

John W. Campbell Jr.

Ben Hecht

Charles Lederer	Screenwriter
Howard Hawks	Producer
Tom Steele	Stunts
Linwood Dunn	Special Effects
Don Steward	Special Effects
John W. Campbell Jr.	Screenwriter
Ben Hecht	Screenwriter
Donald Steward	Special Effects
Leslie Charles	Stunts
Phil Brigandi	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Clem Portman	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Edward Lasker	Producer
Harold E. Stine	Special Effects
Ken Terrell	Stunts
Dick Crockett	Stunts
Charles Regan	Stunts
Billy Curtis	Stunts
Teddy Mangean	Stunts

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Credits [1:26]
2. Arctic Mission [4:14]
3. The Flight North [3:33]
4. Smarting From Parting [3:01]
5. Carrington's Recap [3:15]
6. Crash Site [3:10]
7. Flying Saucer [3:17]
8. Explosions and Extracts [4:30]
9. Remaining on Ice [5:35]
10. Spooky Eyes [3:17]
11. His Hands Are Tied [3:00]
12. It's Alive [2:45]
13. Severed Hand [2:06]
14. Our Superior [5:40]
15. Greenhouse Discovery [5:23]
16. On the Attack [3:55]
17. The Experiment [3:21]
18. Blood Buds [2:26]
19. Frightened [3:17]
20. Fiery Confrontation [3:54]
21. Big Chill [4:29]
22. Defense Measures [4:12]
23. Big Shock [3:11]
24. Keep Watching the Skies [3:08]
25. Cast List [:23]

Menu

Side #1 --
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Scene Selections
Theatrical Trailer
Languages
Subtitles: English
Subtitles: Français
Subtitles: Español
Subtitles: Off

Editorial Reviews

To this day, film buffs argue about whether or not Howard Hawks, the credited producer for this low-budget sci-fi classic, actually directed it; if he didn't, Christian Nyby (who got sole screen credit) certainly learned the master's style very well indeed. With its rapid-fire, often overlapping dialogue, matter-of-fact presentation of scientific jargon, independent-minded women who can give as good as they get in an argument, and admiring but unglamorized portrayal of men in uniform working together, The Thing certainly feels like a Hawks movie, which is to say smarter and snappier than most B-movies of its day. More important, The Thing was one of the few films in the era of Guys In Rubber Monster Suits that understood that less can be more. We rarely get a good look at the mean-spirited invader terrorizing a military outpost in the Arctic wastes, but the results give the creature an air of threatening mystery more powerful than any explicit presentation. And while the premise -- a cognizant vegetable from another planet that feeds on human blood -- is absurdity itself, the film plays down its thematic incredulity in favor of a tense tale of isolated individuals who must come together to defeat an angry foe; it's elementary filmcraft, but well-executed and boasting fine work from a cast whose talent exceeded their fame.