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The Thing from Another World (1951)
by John W. Campbell Jr., Charles Lederer, Howard Hawks, Ben Hecht, etc.

The Thing from Another World

Medium: film

Publication date: 29 Apr. 1951

Publisher: Winchester Pictures Corporation
Written by: John W. Campbell Jr., Charles Lederer, Howard Hawks, Ben Hecht
Directed by: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks


5 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
The Thing The Thing villain
CBR Scale: I alien
[1st app: Astounding Stories (Aug. 1938)] Winchester Pictures Corporation; RKO Radio Pictures 5
Nikki Nicholson Nikki Nicholson supporting character
  [secretary] Winchester Pictures Corporation 1
Captain Patrick Hendry Captain Patrick Hendry supporting character
  U.S. Air Force RKO Radio Pictures; Winchester Pictures Corporation, etc. 1
U.S. Air Force U.S. Air Force supporting character group real/historical person
  [military unit; pilot] Marvel 197
Dr. Arthur Carrington Dr. Arthur Carrington supporting character scientist
  [chief scientist at a North Pole scientific outpost] Winchester Pictures Corporation 1

This film is an adaptation of: Astounding Stories (Aug. 1938): "Who Goes There?".

This film is also known as: The Thing.