Alien
Original Release: 1979
Director's Cut: 2003
Director: Ridley Scott
Screenplay: Dan O'Bannon
Cast:
Tom Skerritt ... Dallas
Sigourney Weaver ... Ripley
Veronica Cartwright ... Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton ... Brett
John Hurt ... Kane
Ian Holm ... Ash
Yaphet Kotto ... Parker
Tagline: In space no-one can hear you scream
In brief:
When their ship picks up a radio transmission from a desolate planet, the crew of the commercial freighter, the 'Nostromo', are sent to investigate. There, an encounter with an unknown alien life form sets off a terrifying chain of events.