It actually is The man who fell to Earth, but not the David Bowie version from 1976. The one I saw was from 1987, a TV remake with Lewis Smith (IMDB).

Thanks a lot for your help. I'll watch both now, for memories and movie comparison.

It actually is The man who fell to Earth, but not the David Bowie version from 1976. The one I saw was from 1987, a TV remake with Lewis Smith (IMDB).

Thanks a lot for your help. I'll watch both now, for memories and movie comparison. Wikipedia tells more about the differences between the movies and the novel, written by Walter Tevis in 1963.