Alien
Released Year: 1979
Certificate: R
Runtime: 117 minutes
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
IMDB Rating:
Meta Score: 89
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
No of Votes: 787806
Gross: 78900000
Overview: After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.
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