Movie
Dark Star
Overview
A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-03-30
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jack H. Harris Enterprises, University of Southern California
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brian Narelle as Lt. Doolittle
- Cal Kuniholm as Boiler
- Dan O'Bannon as Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge
- Dre Pahich as Talby
- Adam Beckenbaugh as Bomb #20 (voice)
- Nick Castle as Alien
- Joe Saunders as Commander Powell (voice)
- Cookie Knapp as Muttercomputer (voice)
- Alan Sheretz as Bomb #19 (voice)
- John Carpenter as Talby Voice
- Miles Watkins as Watkins - Mission Control
Crew
- John Carpenter - Director
- John Carpenter - Screenplay
- Dan O'Bannon - Screenplay
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