Trivia: THE DEADLY MANTIS & THE THING

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TRIVIA---character actor Bing Russell and his son, Kurt Russell, both appeared in sci fi movies in which a thawed-out monster attacks an ice-bound station.
In THE DEADLY MANTIS, Bing Russell played a state trooper in which a thawed-out giant prehistoric mantis attacks a US Air Force base in the Arctic. In THE THING, Kurt Russell played helicopter pilot RJ MacReady, who battles a thawed-out alien who attacks a research station in Antarctica.

In THE DEADLY MANTIS, Bing Russell (center) played a state trooper in which a thawed-out giant prehistoric mantis attacks a US Air Force base in the Arctic.






In THE THING, Kurt Russell played helicopter pilot RJ MacReady, who battles a thawed-out alien who attacks a research station in Antarctica.