USA / UK,
1979, 117 min
(Director's cut: 116 min)
Directed by:
Ridley ScottScreenplay:
Dan O'BannonCinematography:
Derek VanlintComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen HortonVOD (4)
Plots(1)
The terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet, and discovers a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. One by one, each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Sigourney Weaver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/859/164859291_c41291.jpg)
Sigourney Weaver
USA
![Tom Skerritt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/232/166232220_3a946d.jpg)
Tom Skerritt
USA
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Contact (1997)
![Veronica Cartwright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/252/166252698_ba32c7.jpg)
Veronica Cartwright
UK
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
The X Files: One Son (1999) (video compilation)
The X-Files – File 11: Patient X (1998) (video compilation)
![Harry Dean Stanton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267563_c4d27d.jpg)
Harry Dean Stanton
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
![John Hurt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/843/160843644_e3b5c4.png)
John Hurt
UK
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Vincent - The Life and death of Vincent Van Gogh (1987)
![Ian Holm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267498_be829e.jpg)
Ian Holm
UK
Best movies:
![Yaphet Kotto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267603_aae24d.jpg)
Yaphet Kotto
USA
![Bolaji Badejo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/034/167034388_31a81f.jpg)
Bolaji Badejo
Nigeria
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
Helen Horton
USA
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960)