Monsters, Genre Hybrids
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
A battle beyond time, beyond space.
Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, Roger Corman
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A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
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- Directors
- Jimmy T. Murakami, Roger Corman
- Written by
- John Sayles, Anne Dyer
- Produced by
- Ed Carlin
- Composer
- James Horner
- Cinematographer
- Daniel Lacambre
- Editors
- Allan Holzman, R.J. Kizer
- Makeup FX
- Rick Stratton, Steve Neill
- Studio
- New World Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- PG
- TMDB
- 5.4/10 (230 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 50% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 59/100
- IMDb
- 5.5/10 (10,875 votes)
Released September 8, 1980·$2,000,000 budget·$11,000,000 revenue
Cast
Richard Thomas
Shad
Robert Vaughn
Gelt
John Saxon
Sador
George Peppard
Cowboy
Darlanne Fluegel
Nanelia
Sybil Danning
St. Exmin
Sam Jaffe
Dr. Hephaestus
Jeff Corey
Zed
Morgan Woodward
Cayman
Marta Kristen
Lux
Julia Duffy
Mol
Earl Boen
Nestor 1
John Gowans
Nestor 2
Lynn Carlin
Nell
Lara Cody
Kelvin
Lawrence Steven Meyers
Kelvin
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Eric Morris
Fen
Kathy Griffin
Alien Extra (uncredited)
Crew
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