Alien (film) (John Hurt), Warrant Officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Navigator Lambert (Veronica Cartwright), Science Officer Ash (Ian Holm) and two Engineers, Parker (Yaphet Kotto) and Brett (Harry Dean Stanton). Detecting a transmission from nearby moon LV-426, the ship's computer, Mother, awakens the crew. Company policy requires any potential distress signal be investigated, so they land on the moon, sustaining damage from its atmosphere and rocky landscape. Parker and Brett repair the ship while Dallas, Kane and Lambert head out to investigate. They discover the signal comes from a derelict alien ship and enter it, losing communication with the "Nostromo". Ripley deciphers part
Ian Holm "The Wars of The Roses", based on the RSC production of the plays, in 1969 he played the lead in Dennis Potter's "Moonlight on the Highway" and gradually he made a name for himself with minor roles in films such as "Oh! What a Lovely War" (1969), "Nicholas and Alexandra" (1971), "Mary, Queen of Scots" (1971) and "Young Winston" (1972). In 1967, he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play as Lenny in "The Homecoming" by Harold Pinter. In 1977, Holm appeared in the TV mini-series "Jesus of Nazareth" as the Sadducee Zerah, and a villainous