The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Top billed cast
Joe MortonThe Brother
Rosanna CarterWest Indian Woman
Ray RamirezHispanic Man- Yves ReneHaitian Man
- Peter RichardsonIslamic Man
- Ginny YangKorean Shopkeeper
Daryl EdwardsFly
Steve JamesOdell
Leonard JacksonSmokey
Bill CobbsWalter
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