The Thing from Another World
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The Thing from Another World is a 1951 science fiction horror film about an Arctic research team confronting a hostile alien creature, regarded as a classic of the genre and an early Cold War-era monster movie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Thing from Another World canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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horror film ⓘ monster film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Who Goes There? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | John W. Campbell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Douglas Spencer
NERFINISHED
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James Arness NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Tobey NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Cornthwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Russell Harlan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| director | Christian Nyby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Roland Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early Cold War ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | RKO studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
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monster ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasRemake | The Thing (1982 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTagline | Keep watching the skies! ⓘ |
| influenced | The Thing (1982 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor | Kenneth Tobey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monsterType |
extraterrestrial
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humanoid plant-like alien ⓘ |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early Cold War-era science fiction horror film
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being regarded as a classic of the science fiction horror genre ⓘ its depiction of a hostile alien creature in an Arctic setting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An Arctic research team confronts a hostile alien creature recovered from a crashed spacecraft. ⓘ |
| producer | Howard Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Winchester Pictures Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Charles Lederer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Arctic
NERFINISHED
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Arctic research station ⓘ |
| theme |
Cold War paranoia
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fear of the unknown ⓘ military versus science tension ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | contemporary to early 1950s ⓘ |
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