The Aliens Are Coming

• Director: Harvey Hart
• Genre: Science Fiction
• Main Cast: Tom Mason
• Release Year: 1980
• Country: US
• Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

The science-fiction and detective-story genres are combined in the made-for-TV The Aliens are Coming. Tom Mason plays an astrophysicist who is convinced that malevolent extraterrestrials are in our midst. It is Mason's contention that the invaders have assumed human form, in preparation for world conquest (sound familiar?) Originally telecast March 2, 1980, The Aliens are Coming later showed up in an expanded version as a two-parter, shown on NBC over two consecutive weekends. The project began as a TV pilot film titled Alien Force. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Eric Braeden - Leonard Nero; Curtis Credel - Frank Foley; Melinda O. Fee; Max Gail - Russ Garner; Laurence Haddon - Bert Fowler; Ed Harris - Chuck Polchek; Matthew Laborteaux - Timmy Garner; Tom Lowell; Tom Mason - Dr. Scott Dryden; Gerald McRaney - Patrolman Ashley; Caroline McWilliams - Sue Garner; John Milford - Eldon Gates; Peter Schuck - Male Nurse; Lorna Thayer; Fawne Harriman - Joyce Cummings; John Gilgreen; Richard Lockmiller - Patrolman Strong

Credit

Norman Newberry - Art Director, George B. Chan - Art Director, Harvey Hart - Director, Jim Gross - Editor, Philip Saltzman - Executive Producer, William Goldstein - Composer (Music Score), John Elizalde - Musical Direction/Supervision, Jacques Marquette - Cinematographer, Robert W. Lewnski - Screenwriter