<P> The Thing from Another World , sometimes referred to as The Thing , is a 1951 American black - and - white science fiction - horror film , directed by Christian Nyby , produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks ' Winchester Pictures Corporation , and released by RKO Pictures . The film stars Margaret Sheridan , Kenneth Tobey , Robert Cornthwaite , and Douglas Spencer . James Arness plays The Thing , but he is difficult to recognize in costume and makeup due to both low lighting and other effects used to obscure his features . The film is based on the 1938 novella Who Goes There ? by John W. Campbell ( writing under the pseudonym of Don A. Stuart ) . </P>
<P> The Thing from Another World , sometimes referred to as The Thing , is a 1951 American black - and - white science fiction - horror film , directed by Christian Nyby , produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks ' Winchester Pictures Corporation , and released by RKO Pictures . The film stars Margaret Sheridan , Kenneth Tobey , Robert Cornthwaite , and Douglas Spencer . James Arness plays The Thing , but he is difficult to recognize in costume and makeup due to both low lighting and other effects used to obscure his features . The film is based on the 1938 novella Who Goes There ? by John W. Campbell ( writing under the pseudonym of Don A. Stuart ) . </P>
when was the original movie the thing made
when was the original movie the thing made
1951
1951