Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.
- based on novel or book
- san francisco
- california
- 1970s
- psychoanalysis
- alien
- remake
- apocalypse
- alien invasion
- alien infection
- epidemic
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Donald Sutherland
Matthew Bennell
Brooke Adams
Elizabeth Driscoll
Leonard Nimoy
Dr. David Kibner
Jeff Goldblum
Jack Bellicec
- Veronica Cartwright — Nancy Bellicec
- Art Hindle — Dr. Geoffrey Howell
- Lelia Goldoni — Katherine Hendley
- Kevin McCarthy — Running Man (Cameo)
- Don Siegel — Taxi Driver
- Tom Luddy — Ted Hendley
- Stan Ritchie — Stan
- David Fisher — Mr. Gianni
- Tom Dahlgren — Detective
- Garry Goodrow — Dr. Boccardo
- Jerry Walter — Restaurant Owner
- Directed
- Philip Kaufman
- Written
- W.D. Richter
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 1,372 ratings
- Studio
- United Artists
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
