Howard Hawks	...	(Director)
John W. Campbell Jr., Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht, Howard Hawks	...	(Writer)
Kenneth Tobey	...	Captain Patrick Hendry
Margaret Sheridan	...	Nikki
Robert Cornthwaite	...	Dr. Carrington
Douglas Spencer	...	Scotty
James R. Young	...	Lt. Eddie Dykes
Dewey Martin	...	Crew Chief
Robert Nichols	...	Lt. Ken McPherson
William Self	...	Corporal Barnes
Eduard Franz	...	Dr. Stern
Sally Creighton	...	Mrs. Chapman
James Arness	...	The Thing
James Young	...	Lt. Eddie Dykes
Dimitri Tiomkin	...	Composer
Russell Harlan	...	Cinematographer
Robert Bray	...	Captain (unconfirmed)
Ted Cooper	...	Lieutenant (unconfirmed)
Milton Kibbee	...	Bit part (unconfirmed)
Ray McDonald	...	Bit part (unconfirmed)
Edgar Murray	...	Bit part (unconfirmed)
H.B. Newton	...	Bit part (unconfirmed)
Carmen Nisbet	...	Bit part (unconfirmed)
William J. O'Brien	...	Bit part (unconfirmed)
Jimmy Ogg	...	Bit part (unconfirmed)
Allan Ray	...	Officer (unconfirmed)
Cap Somers	...	Bit part (unconfirmed)
Lucille Thompson	...	Bit part (unconfirmed)
John Dierkes	...	Dr. Chapman
Roland Gross	...	Film Editor
Phil Brigandi	...	Sound Department
Clem Portman	...	Sound Department
Albert S. D'Agostino	...	Art Director
John Hughes	...	Art Director
Darrell Silvera	...	Set Decorator
William Stevens	...	Set Decorator
Larry Germain	...	hair stylist
Lee Greenway	...	makeup supervisor
Maxwell O. Henry	...	Assistant Director
Arthur Siteman	...	Assistant Director
Lucius O. Croxton	...	art director: second unit

Summary: Members of an Antarctic research team are killed off by a frozen alien they uncover.