The Thing

Name: The Thing
Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David

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A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

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Cast & Crew

Director: John CarpenterWriter: Bill LancasterProducers: David Foster, Lawrence Turman, Wilbur Stark

Kurt Russell

as MacReady

Wilford Brimley

as Blair

T.K. Carter

as Nauls

David Clennon

as Palmer

Keith David

as Childs

Richard Dysart

as Dr. Copper

Charles Hallahan

as Norris

Peter Maloney

as Bennings

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