Storyline
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.
Released
6/25/1982
Runtime
1h 49min
Director
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$19,629,760
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
Cast
Kurt Russell
MacReady
Keith David
Childs
Wilford Brimley
Blair
T.K. Carter
Nauls
David Clennon
Palmer
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
Larry Franco
Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
Nate Irwin
Helicopter Pilot
William Zeman
Pilot
Adrienne Barbeau
Computer (voice) (uncredited)
John Carpenter
Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
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