"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)
Charles Lederer
Screenplay
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Roland Gross
Editor
Russell Harlan
Director of Photography
Christian Nyby
Director
Howard Hawks
Producer
John W. Campbell Jr.
Novel
Leslie Charles
Stunts
Sol Gorss
Dick Crockett
Bob Morgan
Russell Saunders
Bill Lewin
Teddy Mangean
Duke Taylor
Ken Terrell
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
John Hughes
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
William Stevens
Donald Steward
Special Effects
Music Director
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Edward Lasker
Associate Producer
Walter Daniels
Production Manager
Linwood G. Dunn
Tom Steele
Phil Brigandi
Sound
Arthur Siteman
Assistant Director
Lee Greenway
Makeup Supervisor
Landon Arnett
Camera Operator
Clem Portman
Michael Woulfe
Costume Designer
Thol Simonson
Special Effects Technician