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The Hidden

Year:

1987

Duration:

96 min

Genres:

Action | Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

Director:

Jack Sholder

Awards:

4 wins & 6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1987-10-30

Filming Locations: Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Gross: $9,747,988 (USA) Filming Dates 16 March 1987 Copyright Holder © MCMLXXXVII The New Line-Heron Joint Venture, d/b/a The Third Elm Street Venture Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Danny Trejo

Claudia Christian

Michael Nouri

The Hidden

Kyle MacLachlan

Lloyd Gallagher

Clarence Felder

Lt. John Masterson

Clu Gulager

Lt. Ed Flynn

Ed O'Ross

Cliff Willis

William Boyett

Jonathan Miller

Richard Brooks

Sanchez

Larry Cedar

Brem

Katherine Cannon

Barbara Beck

John McCann

Senator Holt

Chris Mulkey

Jack DeVries

Lin Shaye

Carol Miller

James Luisi

Ferrari Salesman

Frank Renzulli

Michael Buckley

Duane Davis

Eddie

Kristen Clayton

Juliet Beck

Whitney Reis

Liz

Joey Sagal

Drunk

Jeff Levine

Drunk's Friend

Mark Edward Morante

Record Store Clerk

Jill Friedman

Girl at Record Store

Rick Lieberman

Dr. Glass

Joseph Whipp

Dr. Rogers

Donald Willis

Intern

Beau Gibson

Jailer

Joe Perce

Coroner

Jason Edwards

Adler

Joy N. Houck Jr.

DeVries' Neighbor (as J.N. Houck)

Mary Petrie

TV Reporter

Joey Aresco

Woodfield

Judy Kerr

Waitress

Luce Morgan

Waitress

Richard B. Whitaker

Plainclothesman (as Richard Whitaker)

Michael Yama

Sketch Artist

Charlene White

Nurse

Marc Siegler

Doctor (as Mark Siegler)

Jack McGee

Bartender

Steve Eastin

Agent Stadt

Ted White

Agent Fowler

Loren Haynes

Cop with Aspirin

Rachel Todd

Reporter

Buckley Norris

Reporter

Lenna Robinson

Rodeo Drive Girl

Cate Caplin

Bank Customer

Joe Gilbride

Bank Guard

Deke Anderson

Roadblock Cop

Wren T. Brown

Patrolman (as Wren Brown)

Alan Marcus

Cop in Hotel

Mark Phelan

Fielding

Branscombe Richmond

Roberts

Charles Edward Smith

Avery

Lew Hopson

Jail Escort

Doug Collins

Agent Sardi

Bob K. Cummings

Agent Lowe (as Bob Cummings)

Alonzo Brown Jr.

Lab Technician

Rick Diamond

Paramedic

Charlie Skeen

Agent Graves

Robert Brown

Agent Bach

Chris Wentzel

Record Store Cop

Jake

Roy the Dog

Kris Gilpin

(unconfirmed)

Michael Joiner

Undercover Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Shaye

Man in Silver Mercedes Picking Up a Gorgeous Girl (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

During an interview on TNT in 1994, Claudia Christian mentioned The Hidden as being her prior experience with aliens. She said this qualified her to work on Babylon 5 (1994).

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Claudia Christian (Brenda the stripper) likes to tell two stories about her experience in this film. First is the design of her wardrobe: the producers found her breasts visually inadequate, and so designed her costumes to emphasize her buttocks instead. Second is her eye injury: the material exploding from a prop gun scratched her cornea painfully. Because of this, whenever she had to fire a prop gun on Babylon 5 (1994) she would instinctively turn her face away when pulling the trigger, even though this was unnecessary because the Babylon 5 prop guns did not really fire, as all visual effects were to be added in later.

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Although both Gallagher and his quarry inhabit human bodies, they do seem to have different abilities and limitations. Gallagher is able to spot the other in any body by sight, while his enemy cannot. Also Gallagher seems to be able to repair damage to his host body, while his enemy's presence "uses up" his host in a matter of days.

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Goofs

In the Ferrari car chase in the beginning of the movie, the Ferrari logo disappears and reappears four or five times.

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Shadow of camera car visible in first car chase.

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In both cuts of the stairs chase in Neptune Mannequins building, the boom mic is visible.

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Quotes

Tom Beck: What the hell is that?

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Tom Beck: Doesn't anyone say please any more?

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Lt. John Masterson: Alhague, how do you like being human?

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Faq

Wht does the ending mean?

It is established in the sequal that the real Thomas Beck died in the hospital following the shootout. Seeing the pain this caused his family the alien possessing the body of Lloyd Gallagher takes over his body and lives out his life as Thomas Beck, his wife and daughter accepting him as a replacement.

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