Where can I watch “The Return” legally online?

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Where to Watch The Return (1980) (Legally)

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Mar 31, 1980 US 86 min 18

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Mystery Thriller Science Fiction

Where can I watch “The Return” legally?

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US providers

Streaming

Amazon Prime Video

YouTube TV Philo

Philo

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel

Rent

Amazon Video

Apple TV Store YouTube

YouTube

Fandango At Home

Buy

Amazon Video

Apple TV Store YouTube

YouTube

Fandango At Home

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Where to watch “The Return” (1980) legally online? See US options first, with English-region fallbacks.

What to expect (spoiler-free)

If you’re considering “ (1980), this quick guide summarizes the essentials.

Expect a Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction blend, with a runtime close to 86 minutes.

Cast highlights include Jan-Michael Vincent, Cybill Shepherd, Martin Landau, Raymond Burr.

The listed certification for some regions is “ (ratings vary by country).

Topics & keywords

sheriff, alien, alien abduction, cattle mutilation

Official trailer

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Plot

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.