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