
The Thing
A twelve-man team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror...And becomes one of them.
The Thing
June 25, 1982
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Cast (19)

Kurt Russell
MacReady

Keith David
Childs

Wilford Brimley
Blair

T.K. Carter
Nauls

David Clennon
Palmer

Richard Dysart
Dr. Copper

Charles Hallahan
Norris

Peter Maloney
Bennings

Richard Masur
Clark

Donald Moffat
Garry

Joel Polis
Fuchs

Thomas G. Waites
Windows

Norbert Weisser
Norwegian

Larry Franco
Norwegian Passenger with Rifle

Nate Irwin
Helicopter Pilot

William Zeman
Pilot

Jed
The Thing (uncredited)

John Carpenter
Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)

Adrienne Barbeau
Computer (voice) (uncredited)
Crew (105)
Directing

John Carpenter
Director

Christine Wilson
Script Supervisor

Larry Franco
First Assistant Director

Michael Steele
Second Assistant Director

Candy Artmont
Script Supervisor

Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
Writing

Bill Lancaster
Screenplay

John W. Campbell Jr.
Novel
Production

David Foster
Producer

Fitch Cady
Unit Production Manager

Larry Franco
Associate Producer

Robert Latham Brown
Production Manager

Wilbur Stark
Executive Producer

Stuart Cohen
Co-Producer

Anita Dann
Casting

Karen Kalton
Production Secretary

Ron MacInnes
Production Assistant

Debbie Collier
Production Secretary

Lawrence Turman
Producer

Debbie Kennard
Production Assistant
Sound

Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer

John Carpenter
Original Music Composer

Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor

Kendrick Sweet
Sound Editor

John K. Adams
Foley Supervisor

Colin C. Mouat
Supervising Sound Editor

Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Cliff Kohlweck
Music Editor

Ernesto Mas
Assistant Sound Editor

Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer

David Lewis Yewdall
Supervising Sound Editor
Art

John M. Dwyer
Set Decoration

Graeme Murray
Set Decoration

Henry Larrecq
Art Direction

John J. Lloyd
Production Design

Michael Ploog
Production Illustrator

Barton M. Susman
Leadman

John Zemansky
Property Master

Gary Meyer
Production Illustrator

Milton Wilson
Swing

Richard A. Gonzales
Swing

James Callan
Painter

Joseph R. Savko
Swing

Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator

Michael R. Gannon
Assistant Property Master

Drew Struzan
Art Designer
Camera

David Geddes
Second Assistant Camera

Kris Krosskove
Dolly Grip

Dean Cundey
Director of Photography

Raymond Stella
Camera Operator

Dave Gordon
Dolly Grip

Cyrus Block
Camera Operator

Chris Helcermanas-Benge
Still Photographer

Ray Kinzer
Grip

Ronald Woodward
Key Grip

Douglas Pruss
Second Assistant Camera

Dillard Brinson
Key Grip

Paul R. Prince
First Assistant Camera

Steve Tate
Second Assistant Camera

Clyde E. Bryan
First Assistant Camera

James L. Hurford
Best Boy Grip
Costume & Make-Up

Rob Bottin
Makeup Effects Designer

Ken Chase
Makeup Artist

Phyllis Newman
Makeup Artist

Trish Keating
Costume Supervisor

Ronald I. Caplan
Costume Supervisor

Gilbert Loe
Costume Supervisor
Crew

Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator

Rob Bottin
Makeup Effects

Clint Rowe
Stunts

Jerry Wills
Stunts

Roy Arbogast
Special Effects

Larry Holt
Stunts

Kent Hays
Stunts

Melvin Jones
Stunts

Anthony Cecere
Stunts

Rock A. Walker
Stunts

Eric Mansker
Stunts

John K. Stirber
Special Effects Assistant

Bob Cornell
Transportation Captain

Rocky Corsini
Craft Service

Lawrence Perry
Pilot

Denver Mattson
Stunts

Nate Irwin
Pilot

Lee Routly
Special Effects

Alois Stranan
Transportation Captain

Barrett J. Reid
Generator Operator

George Lawson
Driver

Michael A. Clifford
Special Effects

Yervant Babasin
Craft Service

Dan Anglin
Transportation Captain

Robin Mounsey
Technical Advisor

Spencer Hyde
Craft Service

Hans Metz
Special Effects Assistant

Ken Strain
Stunts

Ken Strain
Pilot

Ken Diaz
Makeup Effects
Editing

Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
Lighting

Mark Walthour
Gaffer

Len Wolfe
Best Boy Electric

Charles E. Nippell
Best Boy Electric

Thomas Marshall
Gaffer

David R. Anderson
Gaffer
Visual Effects

Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects

Henry Schoessler
Visual Effects