The Puppet Masters (1994): Cast, Box Office & Plot
The Puppet Masters is a 1994 horror thriller directed by Stuart Orme, starring Donald Sutherland as Andrew Nivens, Keith David and Richard Belzer. It runs 1 hour 49 minutes and earned $8.6 million worldwide.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 49m (109 min)
- Director
- Stuart Orme
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Hollywood Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is The Puppet Masters About?
The premise of The Puppet Masters without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Trust No One The Earth is invaded by alien parasites—AKA ‘slugs’—that ride on people’s backs and control their minds.
The Puppet Masters Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- iowa
- alien
- ambulance
- fire truck
- sheriff
- motorcycle
- small town
- cat
- brain
- des moines iowa
- helicopter
- x rayed skeleton
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- based on novel
- television station
- army
- the white house washington d.c.
- low budget sci fi movie
- body lands on a car
- murder of a child
- man punches a woman
- boy
- ill boy
- sick boy
- young boy
- boy wears underwear
- teenager
- ambrose iowa
- baseball bat
- man hit with a baseball bat
- boy hits a man
- bare chested boy
- mind control
- outer space
- symbiote
- fistfight
- flashlight
- escape
- corpse
- metal detector
- ak 47
- killed by a propeller
- cure
- rooftop
- fear
- mission
- rescue mission
- rescue
- revenge
- knife
- parking garage
The Puppet Masters Cast & Characters
Donald Sutherland leads the cast as Andrew Nivens, with Keith David as Alex Holland and Richard Belzer as Neil Jarvis. Directed by Stuart Orme; 20 actors are credited in all.
- Director Stuart Orme
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Donald Sutherland as Andrew Nivens -
Keith David as Alex Holland - Richard Belzer as Neil Jarvis
- Eric Thal as Sam Nivens
Also Starring in The Puppet Masters
· 16 more- Julie Warner Mary Sefton
- Donna Garrett Miss Haines
- Nicholas Cascone Greenberg
- Tom Mason President Douglas
- Will Patton Dr. Lawrence Graves
- Yaphet Kotto Ressler
- Marshall Bell General Morgan
- Gerry Bamman Viscott
- David Pasquesi
- Andrew Robinson Hawthorne
- Sam Anderson Culbertson
- J. Patrick McCormack Gidding
- Benjamin Mouton Higgins
- Bruce Jarchow Barnes
- Bill Blair Slugged Businessman (uncredited)
- Eric Briant Wells Vince Hayward
More from Stuart Orme
More films directed by Stuart Orme: Farewell Doc Martin, Arthur & George, Ghostboat and Fungus the Bogeyman.
The Puppet Masters Plot Summary
What happens in The Puppet Masters from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 14 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 5-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
A rumored landing of a flying saucer in rural Iowa triggers a high-stakes investigation led by Andrew Nivens, Donald Sutherland, who runs a secret CIA unit tasked with studying extraterrestrial activity. He sends two agents to the crash site, but when they disappear, he travels there in person, joined by Sam Nivens, [Eric Thal], and Jarvis, [Richard Belzer], along with Dr. Mary Sefton, [Julie Warner], a NASA specialist, and their fellow field leader Alex Holland, [Keith David]. What begins as a routine inquiry quickly twists into a tense confrontation with locals who seem to display no genuine emotion, turning the crash site into a chilly, staged spectacle.
Full summary
The whole story of The Puppet Masters, scene by scene
The Puppet Masters Box Office
The Puppet Masters grossed $8.6 million worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$8.6M
- US & Canada
- $8.6M
The Puppet Masters Trailers & Videos
The trailer of The Puppet Masters.
How Well Do You Know The Puppet Masters?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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Who leads the secret CIA unit investigating the UFO crash?
Cars in The Puppet Masters
39 cars on screen, including the 1985 Chevrolet Suburban and the 1993 Ford Crown Victoria.
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1985 Chevrolet Suburban Important role -
1993 Ford Crown Victoria Important role -
AM General HMMWV M1025 Minor role -
AM General HMMWV M998 Minor role
Seen The Puppet Masters?
Movies Like The Puppet Masters
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Puppetmaster, Attack of the Puppet People and Curse of the Puppet Master.
The Puppet Masters FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office and post-credit scenes of The Puppet Masters, each answered in a sentence.
How long is The Puppet Masters?
The Puppet Masters runs 1 hour 49 minutes (109 minutes).
When was The Puppet Masters released?
The Puppet Masters was released on October 21, 1994.
Who directed The Puppet Masters?
The Puppet Masters was directed by Stuart Orme.
More films by Stuart Orme Who is in the cast of The Puppet Masters?
The Puppet Masters stars Donald Sutherland as Andrew Nivens, Keith David as Alex Holland and Richard Belzer as Neil Jarvis, among 20 credited actors.
How much did The Puppet Masters make at the box office?
The Puppet Masters grossed $8.6 million worldwide.
Does The Puppet Masters have a post-credit scene?
No. The Puppet Masters has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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