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Feature film — 1979

Alien (1979)

8.21h 57mHorror — Science Fiction

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

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A high-signal pick with 17,069 votes.

Brandywine Productions / Twentieth Century-Fox Productions / Ronald Shusett Productions

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Director: Ridley Scott

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Cast & crew

Tom Skerritt as Dallas

Tom Skerritt

Dallas

Sigourney Weaver as Ripley

Sigourney Weaver

Ripley

Veronica Cartwright as Lambert

Veronica Cartwright

Lambert

Harry Dean Stanton as Brett

Harry Dean Stanton

Brett

John Hurt as Kane

John Hurt

Kane

Ian Holm as Ash

Ian Holm

Ash

Yaphet Kotto as Parker

Yaphet Kotto

Parker

Bolaji Badejo as Alien

Bolaji Badejo

Alien

Helen Horton as Mother (voice)

Helen Horton

Mother (voice)

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