Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.
The bill

Paul Le Mat
Charles Bigelow

Nancy Allen
Betty Walker

Diana Scarwid
Margaret Bigelow

Michael Lerner
Willie Collins
- Louise Fletcher — Mrs. Benjamin
- Wallace Shawn — Earl
- Fiona Lewis — Waitress / Avon Lady
- Kenneth Tobey — Arthur Newman
- June Lockhart — Mrs. Bigelow
- Charles Lane — Prof. Hollister
- Joel Cohen — Tim
- Dan Shor — Teen Boy in Prologue
- Dey Young — Teen Girl in Prologue
- Jack Kehler — Gas Station Attendant
- Thomas Kopache — State Trooper
- Directed
- Michael Laughlin
Production
- Rating
- 4.9 / 10 · 85 ratings
- Studio
- Lone Wolf McQuade Associates, EMI Films, Orion Pictures
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.










