Directed by John Carpenter   Written by Ray Nelson   John Carpenter   Cast Roddy Piper ... Nada Keith David ... Frank Meg Foster ... Holly George 'Buck' Flower ... Drifter Peter Jason ... Gilbert Raymond St. Jacques ... Street Preacher Jason Robards III ... Family Man John Lawrence ... Bearded Man Susan Barnes ... Brown Haired Woman Sy Richardson ... Black Revolutionary Wendy Brainard ... Family Man's Daughter Lucille Meredith ... Female Interviewer Susan Blanchard ... Ingenue Norman Alden ... Foreman Dana Bratton ... Black Junkie John F. Goff ... Well Dressed Customer Thelma Lee ... Rich Lady Stratton Leopold ... Depressed Human Rezza Shan ... Arab Clerk Norman Howell ... Blonde Haired Cop Larry Franco ... Neighbor Tom Searle ... Biker Robert Grasmere ... Scruffy Blonde Man Vince Inneo ... Passageway Guard Bob Hudson ... Passageway Guard #2 Jon Paul Jones ... Manager Dennis Cosmo Michael ... Male News Anchor (as Dennis Michael) Nancy Gee ... Female News Anchor Claudia Stanlee ... Young Female Executive Christine Anne Baur ... Woman on Phone (as Christine Baur) Eileen Wesson ... Pregnant Secretary Gregory J. Barnett ... Security Guard #1 (as Gregory Barnett) Jimmy Nickerson ... Security Guard #2 (as Jim Nickerson) Kerry Rossall ... 2nd Unit Guard Cibby Danyla ... Naked Lady Jeff Imada ... Male Ghoul Michelle Costello ... Female Ghoul Uncredited Cast Jeb Stuart Adams ... Homeless Kid Jennifer Austin ... Teenage Girl John Carpenter ... Voice That Says 'Sleep' (voice) Michael Forino ... Ghoul at Bar Robert V. Greene ... TV Technician Kelly ... Woman at the Dinner Party Al Leong ... Asian Revolutionary Gunnar Magg ... Male Ghoul Matt McColm ... Police Officer Tommy Morrison ... Dave - Resistance Fighter Jan Rabson ... Anchor (voice) Peter Rodkey ... Office Worker Norman D. Wilson ... Newspaper Vendor Produced by Andre Blay   Larry Franco   Shep Gordon   Sandy King   Original Music by John Carpenter   Alan Howarth

Additional Info Premiere: November 04, 1988 DVD Release: March 25, 1998 Blu-ray Release: November 06, 2012 Country: Distributor: Scream Factory Websites: Production Companies Alive Films (presents) Larry Franco Productions Distributors Universal Pictures   (1988) (USA) (theatrical) MCA Home Video   (1989) (USA) (VHS) Image Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (DVD) MCA/Universal Home Video   (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Scream Factory   (2012) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (collector's edition) TNT   (1997) (USA) (TV) (MonsterVision) Universal Studios Home Video   (2003) (USA) (DVD) Universal Studios Home Video   (2009) (USA) (DVD) (4 film collection) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.8 / 10 Our Rating 6.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.0 / 10 Female Users 6.2 / 10 Site Ranking #1,287 / 21,035 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Almost Perfect 8 total ratings Average 4 total ratings Mediocre 3 total ratings Site Ranking #1,283 Dumbo (1941) #1,284 Men In Black: International (2019) #1,285 The Strangers (2008) #1,286 Coherence (2013) #1,287 They Live (1988) #1,288 The French Dispatch (2021) #1,289 Margin Call (2011) #1,290 A Man Called Otto (2022) #1,291 John Q. (2002)