Members of an American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. They soon discover that this task will be harder than they thought, as they don’t know which members of the team have already been assimilated and their paranoia threatens to tear them apart.
cast
Kurt Russell R.J. MacReady
Wilford Brimley Dr. 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 (uncredited)
Larry J. Franco Norwegian Passenger With Rifle (uncredited)
Nate Irwin Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
William Zeman Pilot (uncredited)
Adrienne Barbeau Computer (voice) (uncredited)
John Carpenter Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
Jed The Dog (uncredited)
crew
Associate Producer Larry J. Franco
First Assistant Director Larry J. Franco
Set Decoration John M. Dwyer
Director of Photography Dean Cundey
Original Music Composer Ennio Morricone
Editor Todd C. Ramsay
Production Design John J. Lloyd
Special Effects Roy Arbogast
Supervising Sound Editor Colin C. Mouat
Director John Carpenter
Original Music Composer John Carpenter
Producer David Foster
Set Decoration Graeme Murray
Makeup Artist Ken Chase
Makeup Effects Ken Diaz
Production Manager Robert Latham Brown
Stunt Coordinator Dick Warlock
Screenplay Bill Lancaster
Co-Producer Stuart Cohen
Executive Producer Wilbur Stark
Casting Anita Dann
Art Direction Henry Larrecq
Original Music Composer Alan Howarth
Producer Lawrence Turman
Stunts Denver Mattson
Country: United States of America
Studio & Production Companies: Turman-Foster Company Universal Pictures
Runtime: 109 minutes
Release Date: 1982-06-25
