Alien (1979)
In space no one can hear you scream.
117 min
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.
- Release date
- May 25, 1979
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Box office
- $104,931,801
Trailer
Cast
- Sigourney Weaver as Ripley
- Tom Skerritt as Dallas
- John Hurt as Kane
- Veronica Cartwright as Lambert
- Harry Dean Stanton as Brett
- Ian Holm as Ash
- Yaphet Kotto as Parker
- Bolaji Badejo as Alien
- Helen Horton as Mother
- Eddie Powell as Alien
Crew
- Ridley Scott · Director
- Dan O'Bannon · Writer
- Ronald Shusett · Writer
- Gordon Carroll · Producer
- David Giler · Producer
- Walter Hill · Producer
- Jerry Goldsmith · Composer
- Derek Vanlint · Cinematographer
- Terry Rawlings · Editor
- Peter Weatherley · Editor
- Mary Goldberg · Casting director
- Michael Seymour · Production designer