Directed by David Cronenberg Written by Jeffrey Boam   Stephen King   Cast Christopher Walken ... Johnny Smith Brooke Adams ... Sarah Bracknell Tom Skerritt ... Sheriff Bannerman Herbert Lom ... Dr. Sam Weizak Anthony Zerbe ... Roger Stuart Colleen Dewhurst ... Henrietta Dodd Martin Sheen ... Greg Stillson Nicholas Campbell ... Frank Dodd Sean Sullivan ... Herb Smith Jackie Burroughs ... Vera Smith Géza Kovács ... Sonny Elliman (as Geza Kovacs) Roberta Weiss ... Alma Frechette Simon Craig ... Chris Stuart Peter Dvorsky ... Dardis Julie-Ann Heathwood ... Amy Barry Flatman ... Walt Raffi Tchalikian ... Denny #1 Ken Pogue ... Vice President Gordon Jocelyn ... Five-Star General Bill Copeland ... Secretary of State Jack Messinger ... Therapist Chapelle Jaffe ... Nurse Cindy Hinds ... Natalie (as Cindy Hines) Helene Udy ... Weizak's Mother Ramon Estevez ... Teenage Boy with Camera Joseph Domenchini ... Young Weizak Roger Dunn ... Reporter Vladimir Bondarenko ... Reporter (as Wally Bondarenko) Claude Rae ... Reporter John Koensgen ... T.V. Anchorman Leslie Carlson ... Brenner (as Les Carlson) James Bearden ... Deputy #1 (as Jim Bearden) Hardee T. Lineham ... Deputy #2 (as Hardee Lineham) William B. Davis ... Ambulance Driver (as William Davis) Seirge LeBlanc ... Denny #2 (as Sierge LeBlanc) Vera Winiauski ... Polish Peasant Joe Kapnaiko ... Polish Peasant David Rigby ... Truck Driver (as Dave Rigby) Produced by Jeffrey Chernov   Dino De Laurentiis   Debra Hill   Original Music by Michael Kamen

Additional Info Premiere: October 21, 1983 DVD Release: September 19, 2000 Blu-ray Release: July 27, 2021 Countries: Distributor: Scream Factory Websites: Production Companies Dino De Laurentiis Company (as Dino De Laurentiis Corporation) Lorimar Film Entertainment (uncredited) Distributors Paramount Pictures   (1983) (USA) (theatrical) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1983) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1984) (USA) (all media) (laserdisc) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1987) (USA) (TV) Paramount Home Entertainment   (1991) (USA) (VHS) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2000) (USA) (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2006) (USA) (DVD) (special collector's edition) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2013) (USA) (DVD) Scream Factory   (2021) (USA) (Blu-ray) (collector's edition) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.2 / 10 Our Rating 5.2 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.3 / 10 Female Users 5.0 / 10 Site Ranking #1,974 / 20,869 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 2 total ratings Average 3 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,970 Blindness (2008) #1,971 Duel (1971) #1,972 The Beekeeper (2024) #1,973 Street Fighter (1994) #1,974 The Dead Zone (1983) #1,975 Joy Ride (2001) #1,976 Unhinged (2020) #1,977 Ninja Assassin (2009) #1,978 American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005)