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Movie · 1979

Alien

“In space no one can hear you scream.”

Released 25 May 1979 117 min Horror / Science Fiction More from 1979 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Helen Horton
as Mother (voice)
55
Harry Dean Stanton
as Brett
52
Ian Holm
as Ash
47
Tom Skerritt
as Dallas
45
John Hurt
as Kane
39
Yaphet Kotto
as Parker
39
Veronica Cartwright
as Lambert
30
Sigourney Weaver
as Ripley
29
Bolaji Badejo
as Alien
25
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
9.5×$11m budget became $105m at the box office
30years between the oldest and youngest billed
55Helen Horton — oldest on the call sheet
25Bolaji Badejo — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast
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