Timestalkers (1987) (TV)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Michael Schultz

Writers:

Ray Brown (story)
Brian Clemens (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 March 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Western | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Scott, a history professor, becomes involved with two time travellers from the year 2586 after making a discovery in an old photograph...

Plot Keywords:

Professor | Photograph | Time Travel | Gun

Cast

William Devane	...	Scott McKenzie
Lauren Hutton	...	Georgia Crawford
John Ratzenberger	...	General Joe Brodsky
Forrest Tucker	...	Texas John Cody
Klaus Kinski	...	Dr. Joseph Cole
Tracey Walter	...	Sam
James Avery	...	Blacksmith
R.D. Call	...	Bart
John Considine	...	Doctor Crawford / Matthew Crawford
Danny Pintauro	...	Billy
Gail Youngs	...	Mrs. Laurie McKenzie
Patrik Baldauff	...	Callan
Ritch Brinkley	...	Barman
J. Michael Flynn		(as Michael Flynn)
A.J. Freeman

Also Known As:

Time Stalkers (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Newhall Ranch - Rt. 126, Valencia, California, USA

Company:

Fries Entertainment

Trivia:

The final TV project of Forrest Tucker.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the police officer in the cruiser is calling out the registration plate of the stolen vehicle, he says: "Zebra S...". The actual plate reads "2S...".

Movie Connections:

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Laughable

Hate to be a naysayer--No, actually, I don't--but this is a laughable time-travel story. The gimmick of coming up to a fence, going back in time to before the fence was built, crossing the future perimeter, then returning to the present, is a ridiculous waste of time-travel energy. However, the fact that the good guys don't go back in time to warn the general about his killer does not bother me. As Robert Silverberg proved in his great time-travel-novel-cum-thought-experiment, "Up The Line," if you try to go back five-minutes to change what just happened--and you fail--you will only get into more trouble, especially if you run into yourself five minutes ago! A plain silly, highly implausible movie. Nobody's performance is their best. (And I do like Lauren Hutton.) A much better movie is "Back to the Future 3"--or, for that matter, any of the three BTTF movies.