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THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD – Dimitri Tiomkin
GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Review by Craig Lysy
Producers Edward Lasker and Howard Hawks believed that the science fiction-horror novella “Who Goes There?” (1938) by John W. Campbell could be successfully adapted to the big screen. They hoped to tap into the public’s angst with how scientists had unleashed the atomic age and fundamentally changed the world. They purchased the film rights, and Hawks’ Winchester Pictures Production company would fund the project with RKO Pictures agreeing to distribute. Charles Lederer, Hawks and Ben Hecht collaborated in writing the screenplay, and Christian Nyby was tasked with directing. The cast did not feature any box office stars, and was comprised of Margaret Sheridan as Nikki Nicholson, Kenneth Tobey as Captain Patrick Hendry, Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Arthur Carrington, and James Arness as the alien. Read more…
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