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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.

  • Movie
  • 1988
  • R
  • 1h 33m

Directed by John Carpenter

7.3

TMDB audience rating
7.3 out of 10 from 3,727 votes

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Overview

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 and crew

  • Roddy Piper

    Roddy PiperJohn Nada

  • Keith David

    Keith DavidFrank Armitage

  • Meg Foster

    Meg FosterHolly Thompsen

  • George Buck Flower

    George Buck FlowerDrifter

  • Peter Jason

    Peter JasonGilbert

  • Raymond St. Jacques

    Raymond St. JacquesStreet Preacher

  • Jason Robards III

    Jason Robards IIIFamily Man

  • John Lawrence

    John LawrenceBearded Man

  • Susan Barnes

    Susan BarnesBrown Haired Woman

  • Sy Richardson

    Sy RichardsonBlack Revolutionary

  • Wendy BrainardFamily Man's Daughter

  • Lucille MeredithFemale Interviewer

  • Susan Blanchard

    Susan BlanchardIngenue

  • Norman Alden

    Norman AldenForeman

  • Dana BrattonBlack Junkie

  • Norman D. WilsonVendor

  • Thelma LeeRich Lady

  • Stratton LeopoldDepressed Human

Director
John Carpenter
Writer
Ray Nelson and John Carpenter
Music
John Carpenter and Alan Howarth
Cinematography
Gary B. Kibbe