The four most memorable moments included: the discovery of the shape of the frozen and embedded spacecraft, the scene of the Thing set ablaze with kerosene, the Thing""s electrocution in the hallway, andthe final chilling warning/bulletin radioed from the North Pole.Plot SynopsisThe film""s prologue is taken from an opening page of he Norris book:I never truckled; I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies.In fact, he ponders with surprise: "I wonder why he left me all that money.I don""t need it!" [Note: The groans from a Depression-Era audience must have been audible.]During lunch, Cedar expresses Cobb""s function as a ""buffer"" for Deeds: "Rich people need someone to keep the crowds away.At the edge of the field, he also saw a uniformed baseball player standing and urning in his direction before the apparition disappeared.