Movie
The 'Burbs
Overview
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-02-17
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Rollins-Morra-Brezner Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Ray Peterson
- Bruce Dern as Lt. Mark Rumsfield
- Carrie Fisher as Carol Peterson
- Rick Ducommun as Art Weingartner
- Wendy Schaal as Bonnie Rumsfield
- Corey Feldman as Ricky Butler
- Courtney Gains as Hans Klopek
- Henry Gibson as Dr. Werner Klopek
- Gale Gordon as Walter Seznick
- Dick Miller as Vic, Garbageman #1
- Robert Picardo as Joe, Garbageman #2
- Theodore Gottlieb as Uncle Reuben Klopek
Crew
- Joe Dante - Director
- Dana Olsen - Writer
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