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The Return (1980)

Film · 1980 · 86 min · Mystery · Thriller · Science Fiction

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.

Directed by Greydon Clark

Starring Jan-Michael Vincent, Cybill Shepherd, Martin Landau, Raymond Burr, Neville Brand, Brad Rearden, Vincent Schiavelli, Darby Hinton

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In cinemas31 March 1980
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First release anywhere31 March 1980

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