"A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims."
Kurt Russell
as MacReady
Keith David
as Childs
Wilford Brimley
as Blair
T.K. Carter
as Nauls
David Clennon
as Palmer
Richard Dysart
as Dr. Copper
Charles Hallahan
as Norris
Peter Maloney
as Bennings
Richard Masur
as Clark
Donald Moffat
as Garry
Joel Polis
as Fuchs
Thomas G. Waites
as Windows
Norbert Weisser
as Norwegian
Larry Franco
as Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
Nate Irwin
as Helicopter Pilot
William Zeman
as Pilot
Jed
as The Thing (uncredited)
John Carpenter
as Norwegian (video footage) (uncredited)
Adrienne Barbeau
as Computer (voice) (uncredited)
Director
Bill Lancaster
Screenplay
David Foster
Producer
Wilbur Stark
Executive Producer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
Anita Dann
Casting
John J. Lloyd
Production Design
Henry Larrecq
Art Direction
John M. Dwyer
Set Decoration
Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects
Henry Schoessler
Rob Bottin
Makeup Effects Designer
Ronald I. Caplan
Costume Supervisor
Gilbert Loe
Trish Keating
David R. Anderson
Gaffer
Barton M. Susman
Leadman
David Lewis Yewdall
Supervising Sound Editor
Colin C. Mouat
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles E. Nippell
Best Boy Electric
Raymond Stella
Camera Operator
Cliff Kohlweck
Music Editor
Candy Artmont
Script Supervisor
Stuart Cohen
Co-Producer
Lawrence Turman
Associate Producer
Ken Diaz
Makeup Effects
John Zemansky
Property Master
Christine Wilson
Lawrence Perry
Pilot
Ken Strain
Cyrus Block
Dave Gordon
Dolly Grip
Kris Krosskove
Dillard Brinson
Key Grip
Ronald Woodward
Alan Howarth
Phyllis Newman
Makeup Artist
Ken Chase
John W. Campbell Jr.
Novel
Anthony Cecere
Stunts
Kent Hays
Larry Holt
Melvin Jones
Eric Mansker
Denver Mattson
Clint Rowe
Rock A. Walker
Jerry Wills
Robert Latham Brown
Production Manager
First Assistant Director
Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects
Clyde E. Bryan
First Assistant Camera
Steve Tate
Second Assistant Camera
Kendrick Sweet
Sound Editor
Ernesto Mas
Assistant Sound Editor
John K. Adams
Foley Supervisor
Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator
Dan Anglin
Transportation Captain
Bob Cornell
Mark Walthour
Richard A. Gonzales
Swing
Joseph R. Savko
Milton Wilson
Hans Metz
Special Effects Assistant
John K. Stirber
Ray Kinzer
Grip
Michael R. Gannon
Assistant Property Master
Rocky Corsini
Craft Service
James Callan
Painter
Michael Ploog
Production Illustrator
Mentor Huebner
Gary Meyer
Ron MacInnes
Production Assistant
Debbie Collier
Production Secretary
Yervant Babasin
George Lawson
Driver
Graeme Murray
Fitch Cady
Unit Production Manager
Michael Steele
Karen Kalton
Robin Mounsey
Technical Advisor
Paul R. Prince
David Geddes
Douglas Pruss
Lee Routly
Michael A. Clifford
Alois Stranan
Chris Helcermanas-Benge
Still Photographer
James L. Hurford
Best Boy Grip
Len Wolfe
Spencer Hyde
Barrett J. Reid
Generator Operator
Thomas Marshall
Drew Struzan
Art Designer
Debbie Kennard
