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The Thing from Another World released

When: Apr 1951
Where: Los Angeles, CA
Sources: 1 public source

The title logo of The Thing from Another World (1951) RKO Radio Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

RKO and Howard Hawks's Winchester Pictures released The Thing from Another World, directed by Christian Nyby. Air Force men find a saucer frozen in Arctic ice and a hostile creature that the military must destroy. Critics count it among the first films to merge science fiction and monster movies.

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OtherThe Thing (1951) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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