![The Thing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//r9leYNa8nTRCceZrZhP1DXkgKVb.jpg)
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The Thing
1 hour 49 minutes1982-06-25
8.1
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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.
Cast
![Kurt Russell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6g1d98oH4miG4k0ZiZWmF3Dt0bO.jpg)
Kurt Russell
MacReady
![Keith David](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jJLJuR7FNHYL1fB5igjj7IXzOel.jpg)
Keith David
Childs
![Wilford Brimley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pOfcXSGKiHcdFIcnhBV3ibGUruW.jpg)
Wilford Brimley
Blair
![T.K. Carter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rqlDLtg8USZsO07VEiYQpQyjyA2.jpg)
T.K. Carter
Nauls
![David Clennon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1N4KuiRXoX5fAJu9vHpiPOJRGLG.jpg)
David Clennon
Palmer
![Richard Dysart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yQOaZexN3YbqGWOguu2VrjsvX2G.jpg)
Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper
![Charles Hallahan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zQr2ytNB23Dy3uzbGkxfIsANw3y.jpg)
Charles Hallahan
Norris
![Peter Maloney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AuWdzHWJA6Jx9mdxxjJs6VcIs7m.jpg)
Peter Maloney
Bennings
![Richard Masur](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eTKFP76mnSgIhoknfxtebqnWb6K.jpg)
Richard Masur
Clark
![Donald Moffat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8kZ2Ow3cPtTmDwTxL7jFEsQi4ia.jpg)
Donald Moffat
Garry
![Joel Polis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//w3pa1Jsbxv3hVbfJLipju9hS5.jpg)
Joel Polis
Fuchs
![Thomas G. Waites](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ee9JbhZfPcn3tMMAgCAr6FPhSLV.jpg)
Thomas G. Waites
Windows
![Norbert Weisser](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//A2QeLaigXmj1dtJHVLl27N8qNFd.jpg)
Norbert Weisser
Norwegian
![Larry Franco](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ohtAUK0wFyRJa5a9TIM3BSQkoCG.jpg)
Larry Franco
Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
![Nate Irwin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Nate Irwin
Helicopter Pilot
![William Zeman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
William Zeman
Pilot
![Adrienne Barbeau](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8uQqjG63SFCkmgdFB4SG8wRQmfp.jpg)
Adrienne Barbeau
Computer (voice) (uncredited)
![John Carpenter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3Qp0mg61u1qSZNJh30BFEUZrIMG.jpg)
John Carpenter
Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
![Jed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7ZXkBX6gwlwXjXeXMODnh5Q7s66.jpg)