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Film / 1982
The Thing
Directed by
John Carpenter
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Cast
Kurt RussellMacReady
Wilford BrimleyBlair
T.K. CarterNauls
David ClennonPalmer
Keith DavidChilds
Richard DysartDr. Copper
Charles HallahanNorris
Peter MaloneyBennings
Richard MasurClark
Donald MoffatGarry
Joel PolisFuchs
Thomas G. WaitesWindows
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Norbert WeisserNorwegian
Larry FrancoNorwegian Passenger with Rifle
Nate IrwinHelicopter Pilot
William ZemanPilot
John CarpenterNorwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
Adrienne BarbeauComputer (voice) (uncredited)
JedDog Thing (uncredited)
Bill LancasterNorwegian (uncredited)
Dick WarlockNorwegian (uncredited)
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