The Terminator
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Orion Pictures, Pacific Western, Hemdale Film, Cinema 84, Euro Film Funding
Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator, Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese, Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, Paul Winfield as Lieutenant Ed Traxler, Lance Henriksen as Detective Vukovich, Bess Motta as Ginger Ventura, Earl Boen as Dr. Peter Silberman, Rick Rossovich as Matt Buchanan, Bill Paxton as Punk Leader, Brian Thompson as Punk, Franco Columbu as Future Terminator, Dick Miller as Pawnshop Clerk, Joe Farago as TV Anchorman, Shawn Schepps as Nancy, Bruce M. Kerner as Desk Sergeant, Brad Rearden as Punk, William Wisher Jr. as Policeman, Ken Fritz as Policeman, Hettie Lynne Hurtes as TV Anchorwoman, Philip Gordon as Mexican Boy, Stan Yale as Derelict, Leslie Morris as Customer, Hugh Farrington as Customer, Harriet Medin as Customer, James Ralston as Customer, Wayne Stone as Tanker Driver, John E. Bristol as Phone Booth Man, Patrick Pinney as Bar Customer, Greg Robbins as Motel Customer, Marianne Muellerleile as Wrong Sarah, Marian Green as Dancer shot by the Terminator (uncredited), J. Randolph Harrison as Policeman (uncredited), Darrell Mapson as Bar Patron at Pay Phone with Sarah (uncredited)