Film

Alien

1979 · 1h 57m · Horror · Science Fiction

In space no one can hear you scream.

IMDb

8.5

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

89

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.

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)

• Ridley ScottDirector
• Dan O'BannonStory · Screenplay
• Ronald ShusettExecutive Producer · Story
• Gordon CarrollProducer
• David GilerProducer
• Walter HillProducer
• Derek VanlintDirector of Photography
• Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
• Terry RawlingsEditor
• Peter WeatherleyEditor

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Release date

May 25, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$104,931,801

Genres

Horror, Science Fiction

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