Morons from Outer Space

Mar 29, 1985

1h 30m

★ 4.8

They came, they saw, they did a little shopping...

Overview

The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with the ship’s controls while Bernard is outside playing spaceball. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by...

Genres

Comedy

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment

Morons from Outer Space Trailers

Cast

Bernard

Mel Smith

Graham Sweetley

Griff Rhys Jones

Sandra Brock

Joanne Pearce

Desmond Brock

Jimmy Nail

Julian Tope

Paul Bown

Col. Raymond Laribee, CIA

James B. Sikking

Commander Grenville Matteson

Dinsdale Landen

Prof. Trousseau

André Maranne

Stanley Benson

George Innes

Simpson

Tristram Jellinek

Doctor Wallace

Miriam Margolyes

Chief Inspector Miller

John Joyce

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