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.
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)
John Carpenter
Director
Bill Lancaster
Screenplay
David Foster
Producer
Wilbur Stark
Executive Producer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
Anita Dann
Casting
John J. Lloyd
Production Design
Henry Larrecq
Art Direction
John M. Dwyer
Set Decoration
Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects
Henry Schoessler
Visual Effects
Rob Bottin
Makeup Effects Designer
Ronald I. Caplan
Costume Supervisor
Gilbert Loe
Costume Supervisor
Trish Keating
Costume Supervisor
David R. Anderson
Gaffer
Barton M. Susman
Leadman
David Lewis Yewdall
Supervising Sound Editor
Colin C. Mouat
Supervising Sound Editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles E. Nippell
Best Boy Electric
Raymond Stella
Camera Operator
Cliff Kohlweck
Music Editor
Candy Artmont
Script Supervisor
Stuart Cohen
Co-Producer
Lawrence Turman
Producer
Larry Franco
Associate Producer
Ken Diaz
Makeup Effects
John Zemansky
Property Master
Christine Wilson
Script Supervisor
Lawrence Perry
Pilot
Ken Strain
Pilot
Cyrus Block
Camera Operator
Dave Gordon
Dolly Grip
Kris Krosskove
Dolly Grip
Dillard Brinson
Key Grip
Ronald Woodward
Key Grip
John Carpenter
Original Music Composer
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
Phyllis Newman
Makeup Artist
Ken Chase
Makeup Artist
John W. Campbell Jr.
Novel
Anthony Cecere
Stunts
Kent Hays
Stunts
Larry Holt
Stunts
Melvin Jones
Stunts
Eric Mansker
Stunts
Denver Mattson
Stunts
Clint Rowe
Stunts
Ken Strain
Stunts
Rock A. Walker
Stunts
Jerry Wills
Stunts
Robert Latham Brown
Production Manager
Larry Franco
First Assistant Director
Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects
Clyde E. Bryan
First Assistant Camera
Steve Tate
Second Assistant Camera
Kendrick Sweet
Sound Editor
Ernesto Mas
Assistant Sound Editor
John K. Adams
Foley Supervisor
Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator
Dan Anglin
Transportation Captain
Bob Cornell
Transportation Captain
Mark Walthour
Gaffer
Richard A. Gonzales
Swing
Joseph R. Savko
Swing
Milton Wilson
Swing
Hans Metz
Special Effects Assistant
John K. Stirber
Special Effects Assistant
Ray Kinzer
Grip
Michael R. Gannon
Assistant Property Master
Rocky Corsini
Craft Service
James Callan
Painter
Michael Ploog
Production Illustrator
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
Gary Meyer
Production Illustrator
Ron MacInnes
Production Assistant
Debbie Collier
Production Secretary
Yervant Babasin
Craft Service
George Lawson
Driver
Graeme Murray
Set Decoration
Fitch Cady
Unit Production Manager
Michael Steele
Second Assistant Director
Karen Kalton
Production Secretary
Robin Mounsey
Technical Advisor
Paul R. Prince
First Assistant Camera
David Geddes
Second Assistant Camera
Douglas Pruss
Second Assistant Camera
Lee Routly
Special Effects
Michael A. Clifford
Special Effects
Alois Stranan
Transportation Captain
Chris Helcermanas-Benge
Still Photographer
James L. Hurford
Best Boy Grip
Len Wolfe
Best Boy Electric
Spencer Hyde
Craft Service
Nate Irwin
Pilot
Rob Bottin
Makeup Effects
Barrett J. Reid
Generator Operator
Thomas Marshall
Gaffer
Drew Struzan
Art Designer
Debbie Kennard
Production Assistant