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The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid

1979 · 88 min

A cheerful, knockabout romp full of slapstick punches and small-town silliness, with a warm friendship at its heart.

Overview
The town of Newnan are seeing little green men everywhere. The military have arrived and are on the lookout for UFOs. Everyone's high strung and Sheriff Hall (Bud Spencer) is left to deal with the aftermaths of the hysteria. On his way home from patrol he happens upon a little boy claiming to be an alien by the name of H7-25. At first the sheriff doesn't believe the boy, but with the mounting evidence, even he must eventually concede. Soon the military is after Sheriff Hall and H7-25, and it is up to the sheriff to keep the boy safe and beat up large swaths of soldiers so H7-25 can go home.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • family
  • found family
  • power
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror0
Humour8
Realism2
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, science fiction, action
Directed by
Michele Lupo
Written by
Marcello Fondato, Francesco Scardamaglia
Starring
Bud Spencer, Raimund Harmstorf, Cary Guffey, Joe Bugner, Carlo Reali, Luigi Bonos, Harold E. Finch, Dino Emanuelli
Music
Guido De Angelis, Maurizio De Angelis
Cinematography
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Runtime
88 min
Country
Italy
Languages
English

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