The 1951 film "The Thing from Another World" is a science-fiction film about a group of Arctic military men and scientists who find a crashed alien spaceship (a "flying saucer") and bring a frozen alien creature back to their base. The film was also known as "The Thing." The creature thaws out and is discovered to be a plant-based creature which feeds on blood. The military men want to destroy the creature and some of the scientists want to keep it alive for study. At the beginning of the film at an Alaskan Air Force officers club several men play cards for money and currency notes and coins lay on a table.

The club is located at an Air Force base in Alaska. Men are seated at a table playing cards. One man in the background plays slot machines.

Several Air Force officers play cards, presumably poker, for money. There are small coins on the table which appear appear to be "small change."

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Captain Patrick Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) is seated and reporter Ned "Scotty" Scott (Douglas Spencer) stands watching the game.

Dr. Arthur Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite) works at a small Arctic research station. He contacts the Air Force to report the crash of an unusual airplane nearby and asks for some men to come and investigate the crash. Captain Hendry receives orders to take a group of men to the station. He complains to his commander who reminds him that the base has an added attraction for hem.

Nikki Nicholson (Margaret Sheridan), Captain Hendry's former girlfriend, is working at the station. Captain Hendry takes a group of men on an airplane and flies to the research station. He meets with renowned scientist Dr. Carrington and the other scientists and reunites with Nikki.

Dr. Carrington explains that the radar observations of the crash were unusual. Some of the men fly to the icy crash site and see that the craft is under the ice. Dr. Carrington explains that the craft was heated and melted the ice.

An outline of the craft can be seen through the ice and the men position themselves on the outline.

One man exclaims "We got a flying saucer!." The men set off an explosive to melt the ice and unfortunately burn up the saucer. They find a creature frozen in ice, cut out the block of ice encasing the creature, and fly it back to the station.

The men discuss introducing the creature to President Truman. The ice block is left at the station and Dr. Carrington and the others examine it.

A man is left with the ice block and accidently thaws it with an electric blanket.

The creature escapes the building, is attacked by sled dogs, and runs off. The scientists discover the creature's arm, torn off by the dogs. From the arm, they discover that the creature is plant-based and feeds on blood. The military men decide to destroy the creature but some scientists want to keep it alive to study it and possibly learn about the alien technology.

The creature, being a plant, has re-grown its arm. The men throw gasoline on the creature and sets it on fire but it runs off. The creature kills two men for their blood and most of the men decide to destroy it and set up an electical device to "cook" the creature. The creature returns and Dr. Carrington tries to talk to the creature.

The creature knocks him to the floor and walks into the trap.

The creature burns and appears to be shrinking.

Captain Hendry had ordered a news blackout on the events but now allows Scotty to use the radio to report on the events. Scotty issues a warning before going into the story.

Scotty speaks:

Kenneth Tobey as Captain Patrick Hendry
Douglas Spencer as Ned "Scotty" Scott
Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Arthur Carrington
Margaret Sheridan as Nikki Nicholson
Director: Christian Nyby
Writers: Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht, Howard Hawks
Based on the 1938 short story "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell Jr.