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Quick Info

Rating

6.7/10

Release1951

Runtime1h 27m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Winchester Pictures Corporation

RKO Radio Pictures

Movie

The Thing from Another World

1951

1h 27m

6.7

Drama

Horror

Science Fiction

Synopsis

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

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