The Thing from Another World (1951) Movie poster and book cover compared.

The Thing from Another World

Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks, 1951

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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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“The movie is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

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RATING

7.1

/ 10

Movie Poster: The Thing from Another World (Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks, 1951)

7.7

/ 10

Book Cover: Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell Jr., 1938)

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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

Poster of The Thing from Another World, the 1951 movie by Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks

Year

1951

Minutes

87

Movie Rate

7.10

Source: IMDb

Movie

The Thing from Another World

Country: USA

Year: 1951

Length: 1h27m

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Cover of Who Goes There?, the 1938 book by John W. Campbell Jr.

Year

1938

Pages

161

Book Rate

7.72

S: Goodreads

Book

Who Goes There?

Country: USA

First published in: 1938

Length: 161 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Other screen adaptations of the book

Movie poster
The Thing (1982)
Movie by John Carpenter
Movie poster
The Thing (2011)
Movie by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

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Which is better?

Poster of The Thing from Another World, the 1951 movie by Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks

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Cover of Who Goes There?, the 1938 book by John W. Campbell Jr.

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IS IT WORTH WATCHING?

Poster of The Thing from Another World, the 1951 movie by Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks

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18% No

9 votes

2 votes

book

IS IT WORTH READING?

Cover of Who Goes There?, the 1938 book by John W. Campbell Jr.

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27% No

8 votes

3 votes

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