Movie
The Brother from Another Planet
Overview
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Details
- Release date
- 1984-09-07
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- A-Train Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Joe Morton as The Brother
- Rosanna Carter as West Indian Woman
- Ray Ramirez as Hispanic Man
- Yves Rene as Haitian Man
- Peter Richardson as Islamic Man
- Ginny Yang as Korean Shopkeeper
- Daryl Edwards as Fly
- Steve James as Odell
- Leonard Jackson as Smokey
- Bill Cobbs as Walter
- Maggie Renzi as Noreen
- Olga Merediz as Noreen's Client
Crew
- John Sayles - Director
- John Sayles - Screenplay
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