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Man is the warmest place to hide. - The Thing
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Title: The Thing

Release Date: 25 Jun 1982

Runtime: 1h 49m

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

Director: Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company

Production Companies: Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company

Overview: In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.

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Average Vote: 8.066 (7110 votes)

Cast

  • MacReady: Kurt Russell
  • Childs: Keith David
  • Blair: Wilford Brimley
  • Nauls: T.K. Carter
  • Palmer: David Clennon
  • Dr. Copper: Richard Dysart
  • Norris: Charles Hallahan
  • Bennings: Peter Maloney
  • Clark: Richard Masur
  • Garry: Donald Moffat
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