Alien
1979 • Horror | Science Fiction
8.173 (16,780)
Ridley Scott
Director
Dan O'Bannon
Story
Ronald Shusett
Story
Status
Released
Release date
May 25, 1979
Duration
117 Min
Language
en
Popularity
33.2274
Budget
$11,000,000
Revenue
$104,931,801
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.
Cast
Tom Skerritt
Sigourney Weaver
Veronica Cartwright
Harry Dean Stanton
John Hurt
Ian Holm
Yaphet Kotto
Bolaji Badejo
Helen Horton
