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Cast
Sigourney Weaver (Ellen Ripley)Charles S. Dutton (Leonard Dillon)Charles Dance (Dr. Jonathan Clemens)Paul McGann (Walter Golic)Brian Glover (Harold Andrews)Ralph Brown (Francis Aaron)Danny Webb (Robert Morse)Christopher John Fields (Daniel Rains)Holt McCallany (Junior)Lance Henriksen (Bishop II)Christopher Fairbank (Thomas Murphy)Carl Chase (Frank Ellis)Leon Herbert (Edward Boggs)Vincenzo Nicoli (Alan Jude)Pete Postlethwaite (David Postlethwaite)Paul Brennen (Yoshi Troy)Clive Mantle (Clive William)Peter Guinness (Peter Gregor)
Director
David Fincher
Synopsis
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
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