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 (5)
Plots(1)
In the first chapter of the terrifying Alien saga, the crew of the spaceship Nostromo answers a distress signal from a desolate planet, only to discover a deadly life form that breeds within human hosts. Now the crew members must fight not only for their own survival, but for the survival of all mankind. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
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's Poirot (1989) (series)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)