The Thing from Another World

"Natural or Supernatural?"

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Ratings & Reviews

7.0/10

36,024 votes

87/100

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6.7/10

677 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

1 win total

Source: OMDB

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$1.3M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$1.9M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$650,000

ROI: +50%

Budget Recovery150% of budget

$0|Budget: $1.3M|Revenue: $1.9M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

32.2K

Daily Avg

536

7-Day Trend

-10%

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Wikipedia

Based On

Who Goes There?

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Montana

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Story Setting

Set In

Antarctica

Themes & Subjects

#extraterrestriallife#flyingsaucer#coldwar

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Russell Harlan

Film Editing

Roland Gross

Music / Score

Dimitri Tiomkin

Production Design

Albert S. D'Agostino

Production Companies

RKO Pictures

Distributors

RKO PicturesNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

black-and-white

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Thing from Another World

Available in 23 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaNR	—	Fawesome	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United KingdomPG	—	BBC iPlayer	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store
CanadaPG	—	Tubi TV	—	Apple TV Store
Australia	Beamafilm	Beamafilm	Beamafilm	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
India	—	Tubi TV	—	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesNR

United KingdomPG

CanadaPG

Germany12

Austria16

Brazil16

ItalyT

MexicoB

+1 more countries

Production

Directors

Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks

Writers

Charles Lederer, John W. Campbell Jr., Howard Hawks, Ben Hecht

Production Companies

Winchester Pictures CorporationRKO Radio Pictures

Cast

Kenneth Tobey

Captain Patrick Hendry

Margaret Sheridan

Nikki

Robert Cornthwaite

Dr. Arthur Carrington

Douglas Spencer

Ned 'Scotty' Scott

James Young

Lt. Eddie Dykes

Dewey Martin

Crew Chief Bob

Robert Nichols

Lt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson

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William Self

Corporal Barnes

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Nicholas Byron

Tex Richards

Eduard Franz

Dr. Stern

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George Fenneman

Dr. Redding

Paul Frees

Prof. Voorhees

Tags & Keywords

flying saucerbased on novel or bookpilotresearch stationbasearctic polar circle regionsurvivalblack and whitealien invasionnorth polesurvival horroralien plant-life

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