Return from Witch Mountain
1978 film by John Hough / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Return from Witch Mountain is a 1978 American science fiction–adventure film and a sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) and the second film in the Witch Mountain franchise. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was written by Malcolm Marmorstein and is based on characters created by Alexander Key, who also wrote the novelization of the film for Disney. Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards, and Denver Pyle reprise their roles as Tony, Tia, and Uncle Bené—humanoid extraterrestrials with special powers including telepathy and telekinesis. The two main villains are played by Bette Davis as Letha Wedge, a greedy woman using the last of her money to finance the scientific experiments of Dr. Victor Gannon, played by Christopher Lee. It was the final film of actor Jack Soo, who died of cancer in January 1979.
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Directed by | John Hough |
Written by | Malcolm Marmorstein |
Based on | Characters created by Alexander Key |
Produced by | Ron Miller Jerome Courtland |
Starring | Bette Davis Christopher Lee Kim Richards Ike Eisenmann Jack Soo Anthony James |
Cinematography | Frank V. Phillips |
Edited by | Bob Bring |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $16.3 million (worldwide) |
In September 1978, the film was re-released to theaters on a double bill with Escape to Witch Mountain.
A television film called Beyond Witch Mountain was made in 1982.