Doin' Time on Planet Earth

A story of teenage alienation.

Doin' Time on Planet Earth — Plot

Ryan Richmond is an eccentric teenager living with his mother, father, sister and brother in the Holiday Inn they own in Sunnyvale, Arizona, the prune capital of the world. Is it any wonder that he wants to go to Saudi Arabaia for college and leave Sunnyvale far, far behind? He spends his days at school with his sex-obsessed best friend Dan Forrester and lusts after Lisa Winston, the sexy lounge singer who his parents have hired to perform at the Holiday Inn. Stuck without a date for his brother's wedding to a senator's daughter, Ryan goes to a computer dating service, which asks him such questions as "Can you breathe foreign substances?" Soon, Ryan is told that he may be an alien stuck on Earth along with thousands of others. Soon, Charles and Edna Pinsky show up and tell him that he may an alien prince meant to lead his brethren home. And that's when things get out of control...

• Release date
• September 16, 1988
• Runtime
• 85 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Charles Matthau

Doin' Time on Planet Earth — Cast

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Nicholas Strouse Ryan Richmond Andrea Thompson Lisa Winston Martha Scott Virginia Camalier Adam West Charles Pinsky Hugh Gillin Fred Richmond Matt Adler Dan Forrester Timothy Patrick Murphy Jeff Richmond Candice Azzara Edna Pinsly