Alien

[1979, Movie]

Alien: Review

Yaphet Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton, and Sigourney Weaver

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It's been over twenty years since the film's original release, and the alien still ranks high as one of cinema's scariest creations. All hell breaks loose when a member of the industrial spaceship Nostromo is attacked on a mysterious planet by a strange, crab-legged creature that afixes itself to his face. The rest of the crew make the really big mistake of rushing him back to the ship. With Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt and Ian Holm. Read the complete review for Alien

Alien: Cast & Details

Year: 1979
Rated R

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Cast
Tom Skerritt: Dallas
Sigourney Weaver: Ripley
Veronica Cartwright: Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton: Brett
John Hurt: Kane
Ian Holm: Ash

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