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Doin' Time on Planet Earth

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

1988Movie⏱️ 1h 25mPG
ComedySci-Fi
4.7
IMDB Rating
1,696 votes

Through a series of extraordinary circumstances, an eccentric teenager believes he may be the alien prince of a distant planet, ready to lead his brethren home.

Director
Charles Matthau
Writers
Darren Star, Andrew Licht, Jeffrey A. Mueller
Stars
Nicholas Strouse, Hugh Gillin, Gloria Henry
Release Date
September 16, 1988
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 13
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

👤
Nicholas Strouse
as Ryan Richmond
Hugh Gillin
Hugh Gillin
as Fred Richmond
Gloria Henry
Gloria Henry
as Mary Richmond
Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian
as Richard Camalier
Martha Scott
Martha Scott
as Virginia Camalier
Timothy Patrick Murphy
Timothy Patrick Murphy
as Jeff Richmond
👤
Isabelle Walker
as Jenny Camalier
Paula Irvine
Paula Irvine
as Marilyn Richmond
Andrea Thompson
Andrea Thompson
as Lisa Winston
👤
Kort Falkenberg
as Old Bingo Man

💰 Box Office

$29,576
Worldwide Gross
$29,576
Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Ultra Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Palmdale, California, USA
Production
The Cannon Group

🏷️ Keywords

psychotronic filmteenageralienholiday innlounge singer

🎯 Categories

Dark ComedyComedySci-Fi

⭐ Featured Review

A fun movie not to be taken seriously
by phillip-donald-436-9820712012-07-30

"I was an extra in the scene when the aliens shoot up the revolving restaurant. All of us extras met a bus in Hollywood and rode up to Palmdale where the filming for that scene was done. It was a night shoot, cold as hell as I remember. The scene as shot had paramedics hauling injured patrons out the front door of the hotel to a waiting ambulance. Hugh O'Brian's character came over to me, a uniformed cop, and asked for a ride downtown. We jumped in my police car and took off. The aliens ran to an old bus and took off, but for some reason the front axle of the bus broke just as the..."

💡 Did You Know?

This was Timothy Patrick Murphy's final film before his death from AIDS on December 6, 1988 at the age of 29.

📖 Synopsis

Through a series of extraordinary circumstances, an eccentric teenager believes he may be the alien prince of a distant planet, ready to lead his brethren home.