1979
8.2 (15219 votes)
1h 57m
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Genres
Horror
Science Fiction
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Brandywine Productions
Brandywine Productions
Alien
In space, no one can hear you scream.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
Director: Ridley Scott
Director of Photography: Derek Vanlint
Story: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
Screenplay: Dan O'Bannon
Top Cast
Tom Skerritt
Dallas
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Veronica Cartwright
Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton
Brett
John Hurt
Kane
Ian Holm
Ash
Yaphet Kotto
Parker
Bolaji Badejo
Alien
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