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Alien (1979)  link to Alien on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 366

poster Alien

IMDb Rating:
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8.5/10 (674161 votes)

Country: UK, 116 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Horror, Sci-Fi

Director(s): Ridley Scott

Storyline:
In the distant future, the crew of the commercial spaceship Nostromo are on their way home when they pick up a distress call from a distant moon. The crew are under obligation to investigate and the spaceship descends on the moon afterwards. After a rough landing, three crew members leave the spaceship to explore the area on the moon. At the same time as they discover a hive colony of some unknown creature, the ship's computer deciphers the message to be a warning, not a distress call. When one of the eggs is disturbed, the crew realizes that they are not alone on the spaceship and they must deal with the consequences.

Cast:

photo Tom Skerritt Tom Skerritt Dallas
photo Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver Ripley
photo Veronica Cartwright Veronica Cartwright Lambert
photo Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton Brett
photo John Hurt John Hurt Kane

Medium: VHS tape,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.55:1