The Thing from Another World
Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks, 1951
Who Goes There?
John W. Campbell Jr., 1938
The Thing from Another World is a movie directed by Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks in 1951 and based on the book Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr., first published in 1938. The movie features Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Douglas Spencer, James R. Young, Dewey Martin, and others.
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Storyline
Researchers in the Arctic make a startling discovery: a massive, frozen spaceling within a UFO that has crash-landed. However, their lives are thrown into jeopardy when the lethal being emerges from its icy confinement. The pressing question arises: could other creatures be on the verge of emerging as well?
Movie vs Book
Year
1951
Minutes
87
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Thing from Another World
Director: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks
Country: USA
Year: 1951
Length: 1h27m
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Year
1938
Pages
161
Book Rate
7.72
S: Goodreads
Book
Who Goes There?
Author: John W. Campbell Jr.
Country: USA
First published in: 1938
Length: 161 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by John Carpenter
Movie by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
User polls & recommendations
“As an author, you can’t expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that’s what you hope for, you shouldn’t sell the rights.”
BERNARD SCHLINK (Writer)
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