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Alien

R

1979

117 minutes

HorrorScience Fiction

Overview

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.

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Top Cast

Tom Skerritt headshot

Tom Skerritt

Dallas

Sigourney Weaver headshot

Sigourney Weaver

Ripley

Veronica Cartwright headshot

Veronica Cartwright

Lambert

Harry Dean Stanton headshot

Harry Dean Stanton

Brett

John Hurt headshot

John Hurt

Kane

Ian Holm headshot

Ian Holm

Ash

Yaphet Kotto headshot

Yaphet Kotto

Parker

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Bolaji Badejo

Alien

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Helen Horton

Mother (voice)