Alien
“In space no one can hear you scream.”
1979•R•1h 57m•8.2•Released
HorrorScience Fiction
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
Budget
$11M
Revenue
$105M
Languages
English, Spanish
Studio
Brandywine Productions
Cast
Tom Skerritt
Dallas
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Veronica Cartwright
Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton
Brett
John Hurt
Kane
Ian Holm
Ash
Yaphet Kotto
Parker
Bolaji Badejo
Alien
Helen Horton
Mother (voice)
Production
Company
Brandywine Productions
Company
Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
Company
Ronald Shusett Productions
Producer
Gordon Carroll
Producer
David Giler
Producer
Walter Hill
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