They Live
“You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong.”
19881h 33mScience Fiction · Action · Thriller
Released
November 4, 1988
TMDB Score
73% match · 3,615 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
DirectorJohn Carpenter
- Released
- November 4, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $4M
- Box office
- $13M
- Studios
- Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions
Top Billed Cast
Roddy Piper
John Nada
Keith David
Frank Armitage
Meg Foster
Holly Thompsen
George Buck Flower
Drifter
Peter Jason
Gilbert
Raymond St. Jacques
Street Preacher
Jason Robards III
Family Man
John Lawrence
Bearded Man
Susan Barnes
Brown Haired Woman
Sy Richardson
Black Revolutionary
Wendy Brainard
Family Man's Daughter
Lucille Meredith
Female Interviewer
Susan Blanchard
Ingenue
Norman Alden
Foreman
Dana Bratton
Black Junkie
John F. Goff
Well Dressed Customer
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