Directed by Michael Wadleigh   Written by Whitley Strieber   David Eyre   Michael Wadleigh   Eric Roth   Cast Albert Finney ... Dewey Wilson Diane Venora ... Rebecca Neff Edward James Olmos ... Eddie Holt Gregory Hines ... Whittington Tom Noonan ... Ferguson Dick O'Neill ... Warren Dehl Berti ... Old Indian Peter Michael Goetz ... Ross Sam Gray ... Mayor Ralph Bell ... Commissioner Max M. Brown ... Christopher van der Veer Anne Marie Pohtamo ... Pauline van der Veer Sarah Felder ... Cicely Rensselaer Reginald VelJohnson ... Morgue Attendant (as Reginald Vel Johnson) James Tolkan ... Baldy John McCurry ... Sayad Alve Chris Manor ... Janitor Donald Symington ... Lawyer Jeffery Ware ... Interrogation Operator E. Brian Dean ... Fouchek Jeffery V. Thompson ... Harrison (as Jeffery Thompson) Victor Arnold ... Roundenbush Frank Adonis ... Scola Richard Minchenberg ... Policeman Raymond Serra ... Detective (as Ray Serra) Thomas Ryan ... Detective Tony Latham ... Victim David Connell ... Victim Jery Hewitt ... Victim Roy Brocksmith ... Fat Jogger in Park (as Ray Brocksmith) Michael Wadleigh ... Terrorist Informer Joaquin Rainbow ... Native American John Ferraro ... Native American Rino Thunder ... Native American Glenn Benoit ... Native American Eddy Navas ... Native American Ricky Hawkeye ... Native American Pete Dyer ... Native American Paul Skyhorse ... Native American Gordon Eagle ... Native American Javier First-Day-Of-Light ... Native American George Stonefish ... Native American Julie Evening Lilly ... Native American Jane Lind ... Native American Annie Gagen ... ESS Operator Max Goff ... ESS Operator Cullen Johnson ... ESS Operator Robert L. King ... ESS Operator Robert Moberly ... ESS Operator Caitlin O'Heaney ... ESS Operator Tony Stratta ... ESS Operator William Sheridan ... ESS Operator Linda Gary ... ESS Voice (voice) Charles Howerton ... ESS Voice (voice) (as Charles Howerdton) Burr DeBenning ... ESS Voice (voice) Corey Burton ... ESS Voice (voice) Patricia Parris ... ESS Voice (voice) (as Pat Parris) Andre Stojka ... ESS Voice (voice) Dan Sturkie ... ESS Voice (voice) Mel Welles ... ESS Voice (voice) Uncredited Cast Diane Bivens ... Revolutionary Woman Robert Dahdah ... Crowd Daniel D. Halleck   Angel Ramirez Jr. ... Wild Boy Tom Waits ... Drunken Bar Owner Produced by Rupert Hitzig   Alan King   Michael Wadleigh   Original Music by James Horner

Additional Info Premiere: July 24, 1981 DVD Release: August 13, 2002 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Orion Pictures (presents) King-Hitzig Productions Distributors Orion Pictures   (1981) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Bros.   (1981) (USA) (theatrical) (through) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1985) (USA) (TV) Warner Home Video   (1988) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan) Warner Home Video   (2007) (USA) (DVD) (4 film collection) Warner Archive Collection   (2015) (USA) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.0 / 10 Our Rating 5.6 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.4 / 10 Female Users 5.4 / 10 Site Ranking #4,432 / 21,118 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 2 total ratings Average 3 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #4,428 Leprechaun 2 (1994) #4,429 Dead Space: Downfall (2008) #4,430 Cashback (2004) #4,431 Clean (2021) #4,432 Wolfen (1981) #4,433 The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) #4,434 P-Valley: Season 2 (2022) #4,435 Salem's Lot (2004) #4,436 Bats (1999)