The film set on the spaceship Nostromo is 'ALIEN', a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott. It follows the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo, who encounter a deadly ALIEN creature that stalks and kills them one by one. The film stars Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, the warrant officer aboard the Nostromo, and features a cast of supporting characters including Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto.