"Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost."
Kenneth Tobey
as Captain Patrick Hendry
Margaret Sheridan
as Nikki
Robert Cornthwaite
as Dr. Arthur Carrington
Douglas Spencer
as Ned 'Scotty' Scott
James Young
as Lt. Eddie Dykes
Dewey Martin
as Crew Chief Bob
Robert Nichols
as Lt. Ken 'Mac' Erickson
William Self
as Corporal Barnes
Nicholas Byron
as Tex Richards
Eduard Franz
as Dr. Stern
George Fenneman
as Dr. Redding
Paul Frees
as Prof. Voorhees
Everett Glass
as Prof. Wilson
Norbert Schiller
as Dr. Lorenz
Edmund Breon
as Prof. Ambrose
John Dierkes
as Dr. Chapman
Sally Creighton
as Mrs. Chapman
James Arness
as 'The Thing'
David McMahon
as Gen. Fogarty
Bill Neff
as Bill Stone (uncredited)
Roland Gross
Editor
Christian Nyby
Director
Howard Hawks
Producer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Charles Lederer
Screenplay
Russell Harlan
Director of Photography
John W. Campbell Jr.
Novel
Ken Terrell
Stunts
Dick Crockett
Duke Taylor
Sol Gorss
Leslie Charles
Bob Morgan
Bill Lewin
Russell Saunders
Teddy Mangean
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Music Director
William Stevens
Set Decoration
Donald Steward
Special Effects
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
John Hughes
Darrell Silvera
Edward Lasker
Associate Producer
Walter Daniels
Production Manager
Tom Steele
Linwood G. Dunn
Arthur Siteman
Assistant Director
Phil Brigandi
Sound
Lee Greenway
Makeup Supervisor
Landon Arnett
Camera Operator
Clem Portman
Michael Woulfe
Costume Designer
Thol Simonson
Special Effects Technician