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The martian has landed. There goes the neighborhood.
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.Read moreLess
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.
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Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Christopher LloydUncle Martin
Jeff DanielsTim O'Hara
Elizabeth HurleyBrace Channing
Daryl HannahLizzie
Wallace ShawnColeye
Christine EbersoleMrs. Brown
Michael LernerMr. Channing
Ray WalstonArmitan
Shelley MalilFelix
Jeremy HotzBilly
T.K. CarterLenny
Dawn MaxeySalesgirlExplore the crew
- Director
- Donald Petrie
- Screenplay
- Sherri Stoner
- Screenplay
- Deanna Oliver
- Producer
- Jerry Leider
- Producer
- Robert Shapiro
- Producer
- Marc Toberoff
- Editor
- Malcolm Campbell
- Director of Photography
- Thomas E. Ackerman
- Original Music Composer
- John Debney