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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.

1988 · R · 1h 33m

Directed by John Carpenter

7.3

TMDB audience score
3,724 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Norman D. Wilson
    Vendor

  • Thelma Lee
    Rich Lady

  • Stratton Leopold
    Depressed Human