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The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid

ComedyScience FictionAction

Directed by Michele Lupo

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… From TMDB

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The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid is a 1979 comedy science fiction action film, directed by Michele Lupo, starring Bud Spencer, Raimund Harmstorf and Cary Guffey.

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  • BOO! @ronandusty.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2025

    Bud Spencer. Wow. I remember taping a film with him off tv called The Sheriff And The Satellite Kid and watching it a lot as a young chap.

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  • Today In Movies @todayinmovies.comBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    🎬 The Top 4 Action Movies Released on August 10! What's your fave? 1. A Prayer Before Dawn 2. Jailer 3. The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid 4. Cloak & Dagger Check out all 48 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Action

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  • Jason Heiser @jason.heiser.orgBluesky · Feb 9, 2025

    For me that would have been The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, except I learned the title recently. I am now in search of another movie to occupy this essential mystery for my Gen-X bona fides.

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Bud Spencer
Sheriff Hall
Raimund Harmstorf actor profile photo
Raimund Harmstorf
Captain Briggs
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Cary Guffey
H7-25
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Joe Bugner
Brennan
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Luigi Bonos
Allen
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Harold E. Finch
Air Force General
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Dino Emanuelli
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Giancarlo Bastianoni
Soldier

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