Charlie's ex-wife disappears, and he travels to where she grew up--a rural town in the Midwest--to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Paul Le Mat | ... | Charles Bigelow (as Paul LeMat) | |
| Nancy Allen | ... | Betty Walker | |
| Diana Scarwid | ... | Margaret | |
| Michael Lerner | ... | Willie Collins | |
| Louise Fletcher | ... | Mrs. Benjamin | |
| Wallace Shawn | ... | Earl | |
| Fiona Lewis | ... | Waitress / Avon Lady | |
| Kenneth Tobey | ... | Arthur Newman (as Ken Tobey) | |
| June Lockhart | ... | Mrs. Bigelow | |
| Charles Lane | ... | Professor Hollister | |
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Lulu Sylbert | ... | Elizabeth |
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Joel Cohen | ... | Tim |
| Dan Shor | ... | Teen Boy (Prologue) | |
| Dey Young | ... | Teen Girl (Prologue) | |
| Jack Kehler | ... | Gas Station Attendant | |
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Charlie's ex-wife disappears, and he travels to where she grew up--a rural town in the Midwest--to look for her. But, surprisingly, nobody knows about her or any of her many relatives, the Newmans. He meets aliens; but when he contacts the FBI, they don't believe him. He tells his story to a tabloid; and suddenly, he is chased by the aliens. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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16 September 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$655,461, 18 September 1983Gross USA:
$1,362,303Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,362,303Company Credits
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The character of Charles Bigelow was originally written with Michael Murphy in mind but his casting was rejected by EMI Films. In the end the role was cast with Paul Le Mat. Murphy had played the lead role in the earlier related film Strange Behavior (1981). In the Starlog 1983 article "Michael Laughlin: Attack of the Killer Cliches", Laughlin said "there didn't seem to be a good reason for his rejection. I guess it was a matter of personal taste". See more »Goofs
The red truck at the beginning of the movie that has the teenage couple in it keeps changing. The wooden side rails on the truck box disappear and reappear. See more »Quotes
Mrs. Benjamin: [to FBI man, to whom she previously said that nobody takes the train any more] They took the train!See more »
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A clever plot -- aliens take over a small town in rural America -- is almost done in by a plodding pace and the weakest leading man to ever appear in a sci-fi movie, Paul LeMat. Nevertheless, the movie has a strange charm, as LeMat travels to this podunkville to find his ex-wife, who inexplicably vanishes while visiting the town. The ending holds a couple of surprises, but by then you'll probably be glad the damn thing's over. The main reason to watch this sort-of cult classic is to see how closely a film made in 1983 succeeds in paying homage to all those cheeseball sci-fi flicks of the 1950s, when commies were the biggest threat, often showing up in sci-fi movies disguised as invading aliens. I have no doubt that as low-budget as this production was, it had its influence on ABC's classic sci-fi show, THE INVADERS. Also, keep an eye out for several familiar faces dotting the landscape, including Ken Tobey, star of Howard Hawks' 1951 commie threat epic, THE THING FROM Another WORLD.