A box-office failure from 1986 starring Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Jimmy Nail, Morons From Outer Space tells the story of four hapless humanoid aliens from the planet Blob who accidentally crash-land their spaceship (a kind of intergalactic caravan) on Earth – specifically on the M1, just outside Hatfield.
Three of the aliens, Desmond (Jimmy Nail), Julian (Paul Bown) and Sandra (Joanne Pearce), are proven to be of very low intelligence but are transformed into successful media personalities and pop stars by novice news reporter, Graham Sweetly (Griff Rhys Jones).
The fourth, mild-mannered Bernard (Mel Smith) is separated from the others and spends the film trying to find them.
The script was enough to attract the interest of director Mike Hodges (Get Carter, Flash Gordon) but this union wasn’t destined to be a happy one.
Bernard
Mel Smith
Graham Sweetly
Griff Rhys Jones
Sandra Brock
Joanne Pearce
Desmond Brock
Jimmy Nail
Julian Tope
Paul Bown
Colonel Laribee
James B. Sikking
Commander Matteson
Dinsdale Landen
Simpson
Tristram Jellinek
Stanley Benson
George Innes
Chief Inspector Miller
John Joyce
Godfrey
Mark Jones
Trousseaux
André Maranne
Klutz
R.J. Bell
Friborg
Peter Whitman
Jabowlski
Olivier Pierre
McKenzie
John Barcroft
Walters
Bill Stewart
Nurse Perce
Shelley Thompson
Bobby
John Clamp
Countess Gretel
Richenda Carey
Mary
Pamela Mandell
Director
Mike Hodges
