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Alien

In space no one can hear you scream.

MovieReleased8.2
1979
1h 57m
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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.

Director

Ridley Scott

Writer

Dan O'Bannon

Studio

Brandywine Productions

Budget

$11M

Revenue

$105M

Vote Count

16,765

Cast

Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

Dallas

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Ripley

Veronica Cartwright

Veronica Cartwrigh...

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

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Helen Horton

Helen Horton

Mother (voice)

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