Alien

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Director

Ridley Scott

Cast

Tom Skerritt as Capt. A.J. Dallas

Sigourney Weaver as Warrant Officer Lt. Ellen L. Ripley

John Hurt as Engineer G.W. Kane

Veronica Cartwright as Navigator J.M. Lambert

Harry Dean Stanton as Engineering Technician S.E. Brett

Ian Holm as Science Officer Ash

Yaphet Kotto as Chief Engineer J.T. Parker

Helen Horton as Mother

Bolaji Badejo as the Alien

Writers

Dan O’Bannon (screenplay and story)

Ronald Shusett (story)


Summary

The crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, encounter the Alien, an aggressive and deadly extraterrestrial set loose on the ship.
The crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, encounter the Alien, an aggressive and deadly extraterrestrial set loose on the ship.

Genre

Sci-Fi, Horror

Released

May 25, 1979

Runtime

1hr 57min

MPAA

R, for sci-fi violence/gore and language

Additional Credits

Executive Producers

Producers