The Return (1980)

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The bottom-drawer science fiction cheapie was originally released as The Return. In a dusty New Mexico town, two children and an old man witness the arrival (via poor special effects) of an alien spacecraft. The phenomenon has such a profound effect on the lives of the witnesses that they anxiously await the return of the extraterrestrials--whom, it is suggested, have visited here several times before. When the big-name cast (Jan-Michael Vincent, Cybill Shepherd, Martin Landau, Raymond Burr and Neville Brand) failed to sucker customers into seeing The Return, the film was repackaged as The Alien's Return. If we are indeed visited by aliens someday, one hopes they aren't as dull as the creatures in this sorry little film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

91 mins

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

Greydon Clark

Writer(s):

Curtis Burch, Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat

Producer(s):

Greydon Clark

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

PG(Questionable for Children, Violence, Adult Language)

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