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.

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Tagline
In space no one can hear you scream.
Release date
1979-05-25
Runtime
1h 56m
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Director


  1. Ridley Scott

Writer


  1. Dan O'Bannon

Cast


  1. Sigourney Weaver
    Ripley
  2. John Hurt
    Kane
  3. Harry Dean Stanton
    Brett
  4. Ian Holm
    Ash
  5. Veronica Cartwright
    Lambert
  6. Tom Skerritt
    Dallas
  7. Yaphet Kotto
    Parker
  8. Eddie Powell
    The Alien (uncredited)
  9. Roy Scammell
    The Alien (uncredited)
  10. Helen Horton
    Mother (voice)
  11. Bolaji Badejo
    The Alien

Composer


  1. Jerry Goldsmith

Producer


  1. Walter Hill
  2. David Giler
  3. Gordon Carroll
  4. Ronald Shusett
  5. Ivor Powell

Director of Photography


  1. Derek Vanlint

Editor


  1. Terry Rawlings
  2. Peter Weatherley