Alien
1979
Movie Information
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.
Release Date
May 25, 1979
Director
Ridley Scott
Runtime
1h 57m
Cast
Tom SkerrittSigourney WeaverVeronica CartwrightHarry Dean StantonJohn HurtIan HolmYaphet KottoBolaji BadejoHelen Horton
Production
Brandywine ProductionsTwentieth Century-Fox ProductionsRonald Shusett Productions
Genres
HorrorScience Fiction