Question: When was the original movie the thing made?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: When was the original movie unofficially titled the thing released?
When was the original movie officially titled the thing released?
When did the original movie officially titled the thing begin to be produced?
When was the original movie officially titled the thing filmed?
answer: April 27, 1951
June 25, 1982
mid-1970s
began on August 24, 1981
roughly 12 weeks, beginning in August 1981
lasted approximately 12 weeks
Natural Questions answer: 1951 (from the Wikipedia article "The Thing from Another World")