Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
- galaxy
- android
- space marine
- laser gun
- temple
- swordplay
- space battle
- space travel
- space mission
- satire
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Daphne Zuniga — Princess Vespa
- Dick Van Patten — King Roland
- George Wyner — Colonel Sandurz
- Michael Winslow — Radar Technician
- Joan Rivers — Dot Matrix (voice)
- Lorene Yarnell Jansson — Dot Matrix
- John Hurt — John Hurt
- Sal Viscuso — Radio Operator
- Ronny Graham — Minister
- Jim J. Bullock — Prince Valium
- Leslie Bevis — Commanderette Zircon
- Directed
- Mel Brooks
- Written
- Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, Ronny Graham
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 3,534 ratings
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Brooksfilms
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.
