Director Ridley Scott's hauntingly prescient vision of the not-too-distant future stars Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, a retired police assassin, or blade runner.

The Los Angeles of 2019 is a dark, polluted, overcrowded dystopia dominated by cloud-piercing buildings and looming neon billboards, the air dense with acid rain and flying traffic. World-weary Deckard has been called out of retirement to liquidate four escaped replicants genetically derived androids of great strength, intelligence, and nearly-human emotion who serve as slaves and prostitutes in the off-planet colonies.

Led by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), they've come to Los Angeles to confront their designer, Eldon Tyrell (Joe Turkel), with their unhappiness about the brevity of their four-year life span. In the course of his search, Deckard becomes romantically entwined with Tyrell's lovely assistant, Rachael (Sean Young), and must eventually confront Batty in an unforgettable rain-soaked sequence.

A highly influential fusion of the science fiction and noir genres based on the novel DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP.

Directed by
Ridley Scott

Cast
Harrison Ford - Rick Deckard
Rutger Hauer - Roy Batty
Sean Young - Rachael
Edward James - Olmos Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh - Captain Bryant
Daryl Hannah - Pris
William Sanderson - J F Sebastian
Brion James - Leon
Joseph Turkel - Dr Tyrell
Joanna Cassidy - Zhora
James Hong - Chew

Production Co.
Blade Runner Partnership
Ladd Company
Shaw Brothers Hong Kong Ltd

Produced by
Brian Kelly
Hampton Fancher
Michael Deeley

Studio
Warner Bros.

Writer
Philip K. Dick
Hampton Fancher

Music
Gail Laughton