During its return to Earth, the commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When three members of the crew explore, they find a chamber of thousands of eggs, and a creature that attaches itself to one of them. Ridley Scott directs this science fiction horror landmark.
Sigourney Weaver plays Ripley, with Tom Skerritt as Dallas, Veronica Cartwright as Lambert, Harry Dean Stanton as Brett and John Hurt as Kane. From Brandywine Productions and Twentieth Century-Fox Productions.
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Starring: Tom Skerritt as Dallas, Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, Veronica Cartwright as Lambert, Harry Dean Stanton as Brett, John Hurt as Kane, Ian Holm as Ash
- Studio: Brandywine Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Productions, Ronald Shusett Productions
- Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
- Year: 1979
- Runtime: 117 min
