The Brother from Another Planet

Sep 7, 1984

1h 48m

★ 6.6

He's not just another out-of-towner...

Overview

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

Genres

Comedy

Science Fiction

Production Companies

A-Train Films

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Cast

The Brother

Joe Morton

West Indian Woman

Rosanna Carter

Hispanic Man

Ray Ramirez

Haitian Man

Yves Rene

Islamic Man

Peter Richardson

Korean Shopkeeper

Ginny Yang

Fly

Daryl Edwards

Odell

Steve James

Smokey

Leonard Jackson

Walter

Bill Cobbs

Noreen

Maggie Renzi

Noreen's Client

Olga Merediz

Harry Smith is your typical sexually-unfulfilled husband whose wife Olivia is more interested in UFOs than in him. With the help of his friend Sam, Harry makes Olivia believe that he has been abducted by aliens, when really he has an affair with the new dancer at the strip club which he and his wife own. But the tables are turned when Harry really is abducted by aliens, and they give him the remarkable ability to bring a woman to orgasm simply by looking at her.

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