

The Return
1980-03-31 · 86 min · ★ 5.9
Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. 25 years later the children are reunited as adults in the same town which is now beset by strange cattle mutilations. Matters become worse when the cattle mutilations are joined by human murders and mutilations.
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- Directors
- Greydon Clark
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- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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Jan-Michael VincentWayne
Cybill ShepherdJennifer
Martin LandauNiles Buchanan
Raymond BurrDr. Kramer
Neville BrandWalt
Brad ReardenEddie
Vincent SchiavelliProspector
Darby HintonDarren
Steven HirschDr. Parkfield
Susan KigerJoyce
Hilary FarrLee Ann
Dorothy ConstantineMotel ManagerTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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