alien
- Release Date
- May 25, 1979
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Cast
- Tom Skerritt , Sigourney Weaver , Veronica Cartwright , Harry Dean Stanton , John Hurt , Ian Holm
- Runtime
- 117
- Main Genre
- Horror
- Writers
- Dan O'Bannon , Ronald Shusett
- Tagline
- In space...no one can hear you scream.
- Website
- http://www.alien-movies.com/
- Franchise
- Alien
Summary
On what should have been a trip back to Earth, the Nostromo, a mining freighter, is automatically re-routed to a desolate planet after receiving an SOS coming from it. After the crew is awakened, they investigate the source of the SOS, and discover a derelict alien ship on the planet. One of the crew members is put into a coma by an alien creature while investigating the ship. But the alien parasite dies and the crew think all is well. But the small ordeal was only a prelude for greater things to come...
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