---
title: 'The Thing from Another World (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-thing-from-another-world-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Thing from Another World (1951)

1951 · 87 min · Horror, Science Fiction · United States


## Synopsis

The Thing from Another World, sometimes referred to as just The Thing, is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction horror film directed by Christian Nyby, produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks' Winchester Pictures Corporation, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film stars Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, and Douglas Spencer. James Arness plays The Thing. The Thing from Another World is based on the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr..

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks), [Christian Nyby](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-nyby)
- **Screenplay:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks), [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [John W. Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-w-campbell), [Charles Lederer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lederer)
- **Producer:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Russell Harlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-harlan)
- **Editor:** [Roland Gross](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-gross)

## Cast

- [Everett Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-glass)
- [James Arness](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-arness)
- [Buffalo Springfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/buffalo-springfield)
- [Robert Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-nichols)
- [Paul Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frees)
- [John Dierkes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dierkes)
- [Kenneth Tobey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-tobey)
- [Margaret Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-sheridan)
- [Edmund Breon](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-breon)
- [George Fenneman](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-fenneman)
- [Douglas Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-spencer)
- [Robert Cornthwaite](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-cornthwaite)
- [James Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-young)
- [Dewey Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dewey-martin)
- [Eduard Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-franz)

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