Alien

In space no one can hear you scream Photo of Sigourney Weaver in Alien

The Nostromo is a mining ship loaded with ore, now on a return voyage to Earth. The crew is woken early from their hibernation tanks by Mother, the ship’s computer, after a radio transmission from an unexplored planetoid has been detected. Company policy requires making contact with alien life-forms whenever possible. Upon landing, crew member Kane (John Hurt) is attacked by a octopus-like parasite.

Photo of The Alien

Days later, a hideous alien about eight inches tall emerges from Kane's chest. The alien escapes and the crew start a hunt through the ship's dark, claustrophobic passageways, with the alien picking them off one-by-one. The only survivor is the Warrant Officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver). She tries to escape in a shuttle but she discovers that the Alien is also aboard.

Cast:

  • Bolaji Badejo - Alien
  • Eddie Powell - Alien
  • Harry Dean Stanton - Brett
  • Helen Horton - Mother (voice)
  • Ian Holm - Ash
  • John Hurt - Kane
  • Sigourney Weaver - Ripley
  • Tom Skerritt - Dallas
  • Veronica Cartwright - Lambert
  • Yaphet Kotto - Parker
  • Ridley Scott - Director
  • Dan O'Bannon - (screenplay)
  • Dan O'Bannon - (story) and
  • Ronald Shusett - (story)
  • Jerry Goldsmith - Composer
  • David Giler - producer
  • Gordon Carroll - producer
  • Ivor Powell - associate producer
  • Ronald Shusett - executive producer
  • Walter Hill - producer

  • Excerpts from Symphony no 2 Romantic / Written by Howard Hanson /

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Variety - A new Alien