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Alien

1979 · 117 min

Horror · Science Fiction

IMDb 8.5🍅 93%
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Trailer

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.

Crew

  • Director Ridley Scott
  • Screenplay Dan O'Bannon
  • Story Ronald Shusett
  • Story Dan O'Bannon
  • Director of Photography Derek Vanlint

Cast

  • Tom Skerritt

    Tom Skerritt

    Dallas

  • Sigourney Weaver

    Sigourney Weaver

    Ripley

  • Veronica Cartwright

    Veronica Cartwright

    Lambert

  • Harry Dean Stanton

    Harry Dean Stanton

    Brett

  • John Hurt

    John Hurt

    Kane

  • Ian Holm

    Ian Holm

    Ash

  • Yaphet Kotto

    Yaphet Kotto

    Parker

  • Bolaji Badejo

    Bolaji Badejo

    Alien

  • Helen Horton

    Helen Horton

    Mother (voice)

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🔥 Hot takes

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Intermission

GO DEEPER

Crank the obscurity dial — the vault goes further than you think.

Deal me more

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Alien (1979) · Deep Cut