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Aurora Encounter 1986 3 stars

    PG, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jim McCullough Sr.
Cast: Jack Elam, Peter Brown, Carol Bagdasarian, Dottie West, Mickey Hays, Tracy Kuehnert, Paula Barrett, Will Mitchell, Charles B. Pierce, George "Spanky" McFarland, Mindy Smith, Carly McCullough

  A friendly alien (Micky Hays) arrives in the small town of Aurora, Texas, in 1897, and after Charlie (Jack Elam) drunkenly invites him in for a visit, the town's newspaper editor, Alain Peebles (Carol Bagdasarian), prints a story about the alien. The governor (George "Spanky" McFarland) gets wind of the event and sends in a trigger-happy Texas Ranger (Will Mitchell) to investigate. Good sci-fi fun.

The Norseman 1978 1 star

    PG, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles B. Pierce
Cast: Lee Majors, Cornel Wilde, Mel Ferrer, Jack Elam, Susie Coelho, Christopher Connelly, Denny Miller, Kathleen Freeman

  This is Lee Majors' first starring role, and it is not a winner. The story involves an 11th-century Viking prince who sails across the sea in search of his father.

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1. Aurora Encounter (1986)
2. The Norseman (1978)

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