The Thing From Another World

A U. S. Air Force base at the North Pole discovers a spaceship frozen in the ice. Inadvertently, they allow its occupant to thaw out. The creature turns out to be an intelligent vegetable with a thirst for human blood. After all else fails, the Thing is destroyed by electricity. (Circulates)

A United States Air Force crew is dispatched from Anchorage, Alaska at the request of Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite), the chief scientist of a North Pole scientific outpost. They have evidence that an unknown flying craft has crashed in their vicinity. The crew and scientists fly to the crash site where the mysterious craft lies buried beneath refrozen ice. They excavate a large block of ice around what appears to be a tall body and fly it to the research outpost, just as a major storm moves in, cutting off their communications with Anchorage. The Thing is attacked by sled dogs and the airmen recover a severed arm