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The Thing
8.1
8,023 votes·1982
·1h 49m
·MovieHorrorMysteryScience Fiction
Overview
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Commercial Verdict
Flop
Revenue vs Budget1.3x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Lost money at the box office
Keywords
spacecrafthelicopterspace marinecoldbased on novel or bookisolationmutationparanoiasnowstormresearch stationalien life-formalien
Cast
Kurt Russell
MacReady
Wilford Brimley
Blair
T.K. Carter
Nauls
David Clennon
Palmer
Keith David
Childs
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan
Norris
Peter Maloney
Bennings
Richard Masur
Clark
Donald Moffat
Garry
Joel Polis
Fuchs
Thomas G. Waites
Windows
Norbert Weisser
Norwegian
Larry Franco
Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
Nate Irwin
Helicopter Pilot
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