THX 1138
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.
Release & Details
Release Date
1971-03-11
TMDb Rating
6.4
Cast
Robert Duvall
THX
Donald Pleasence
SEN
Don Pedro Colley
SRT
Maggie McOmie
LUH
Ian Wolfe
PTO
Marshall Efron
TWA
Sid Haig
NCH
John Pearce
DWY
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