Alien (1979)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $11,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $104,931,801.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 118.658 |
Directed By
Ridley Scott
Crew
Gordon Carroll
Mary Goldberg
Peter Weatherley
Roger Christian
Terry Rawlings
Brian Johnson
Ronald Shusett
Leslie Dilley
Ian Whittaker
Mary Selway
Ridley Scott
David Giler
Michael Seymour
Walter Hill
Jerry Goldsmith
John Mollo
Derek Vanlint
Ivor Powell
Roy Scammell
Bob Penn
Jonathan Amberston
Max Bell
Jean Giraud
Bryan Tilling
Dave Jordan
Graham Churchyard
Peter Voysey
Dan O'Bannon
Carlo Rambaldi
Dan O'Bannon
Ronald Shusett
Nick Allder
Bernard Lodge
Ben Burtt
Chris Foss
Bill Welch
Dennis Lowe
Ray Evans
Benjamín Fernández
Guy Hudson
David H. Watkins
Paul Ibbetson
Garth Thomas
Bill Rowe
Jimmy Walters
Dennis Ayling
Ron Cobb
Phil Knowles
Sarah Monzani
Tommie Manderson
Roger Nichols
H. R. Giger
Brian Johnson
Neil Swan
Derrick Leather
Jim Shields
Kay Fenton
Pat Hay
Eddie Powell
Eddie Butler
Bill Finch
George Gunning
Patti Rodgers
Tiny Nicholls
Brian Doyle
Raymond Becket
Robert Hathaway
Lionel Newman
TOP CAST
Tom Skerritt
Dallas
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Veronica Cartwright
Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton
Brett
John Hurt
Kane
Ian Holm
Ash
Yaphet Kotto
Parker
Bolaji Badejo
Alien
Helen Horton
Mother (voice)
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