[Movie Script]Thing, The

"THE THING"

Screenplay by
Bill Lancaster
Based on the story
                                     "WHO GOES THERE"



by
John W. Campbell. Jr.
                                       SECOND DRAFT



March 4, 1981




               CAST



               MACREADY

               35. Helicopter pilot. Likes chess. Hates the cold. The pay

is good.
               GARRY

               46. The station manager. Stiff. Ex-army officer. Wears a

handgun.
               CHILDS

               33. Six-four. Two-fifty. Black. A mechanic. Can be jolly.

But don't mess.
               BLAIR

               50. Sensitive. Intelligent. Unassuming. An assistant

biologist.
               DR. COPPER

               45. Professional. A decent man. A good doctor.
               PALMER

               27. Second string chopper pilot. Crack mechanic. Long hair.

Slight sixties acid damage.
               NAULS


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