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The Brother from Another Planet

1984 · John Sayles · 108 min

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

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

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6.7/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database102 votes

Joe MortonThe Brother RRosanna CarterWest Indian Woman

Ray RamirezHispanic Man YYves ReneHaitian Man PPeter RichardsonIslamic Man GGinny YangKorean Shopkeeper

Daryl EdwardsFly

Steve JamesOdell

Leonard JacksonSmokey

Bill CobbsWalter

Maggie RenziNoreen

Olga MeredizNoreen's Client

Minnie GentryMrs. Brown

Ren WoodsBernice

Cast

Joe MortonThe Brother RRosanna CarterWest Indian Woman

Ray RamirezHispanic Man YYves ReneHaitian Man PPeter RichardsonIslamic Man GGinny YangKorean Shopkeeper

Daryl EdwardsFly

Steve JamesOdell

Leonard JacksonSmokey

Bill CobbsWalter

Maggie RenziNoreen

Olga MeredizNoreen's Client

Minnie GentryMrs. Brown

Ren WoodsBernice

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