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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Ridley Scott
Director
Dan O'Bannon
Screenplay
Dan O'Bannon
Story
Ronald Shusett
Story
Ronald Shusett
Executive Producer
Walter Hill
Producer
David Giler
Producer
Gordon Carroll
Producer
Derek Vanlint
Director of Photography
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Terry Rawlings
Editor
Peter Weatherley
Editor
John Mollo
Costume Design
Michael Seymour
Production Design
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