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
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