The Return (1980)

Synopsis of The Return

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, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

91 mins

Director(s):

Greydon Clark

Writer(s):

Jim Wheat, Curtis Burch, Ken Wheat

Producer(s):

Greydon Clark

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

PG(Adult Language, Questionable for Children, Violence)

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