Starman

Starman

6.9IMDb Score
Released:1984-12-13
Duration:115 min
Director:John Carpenter
Actors:Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen
Production:Columbia Pictures, Michael Douglas-Jarry J. Franco Productions, Delphi II Productions

Overview:

When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.

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