The Thing from Another World
RKO Radio Pictures, 1951. U.S. insert poster. A definite departure for producer Howard Hawks (who was also the uncredited co-director and uncredited screenwriter on the film), this science fiction favorite boasted that "The Thing," a frozen alien who is unwittingly thawed, was resistant to bullets, flames, and any other mode of destruction. In an unlikely piece of casting, future Marshal Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke fame, James Arness, plays The Thing (likely cast because of his towering height of 6 feet 7 inches). The film was the most successful science fiction picture of 1951, an impressive accomplishment in a year of many sci-fi vehicles.
14 x 36 in.
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RKO Radio Pictures, 1951. U.S. insert poster. A definite departure for producer Howard Hawks (who was also the uncredited co-director and uncredited screenwriter on the film), this science fiction favorite boasted that "The Thing," a frozen alien who is unwittingly thawed, was resistant to bullets, flames, and any other mode of destruction. In an unlikely piece of casting, future Marshal Matt Dillon of Gunsmoke fame, James Arness, plays The Thing (likely cast because of his towering height of 6 feet 7 inches). The film was the most successful science fiction picture of 1951, an impressive accomplishment in a year of many sci-fi vehicles.
14 x 36 in.
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