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The X-Files

The X-Files

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Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

June 19, 1998 · Directed by Rob Bowman

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A simple estimate based mostly on pace, with small nudges for flow, payoff speed, and how much keeps happening. Rounded to the nearest 5 minutes.

Runtime2h 1m
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Feels like1h 50m
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How it's told
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Cast & crew

David Duchovny
Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
Agent Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi
Assistant Director Walter Skinner
William B. Davis
The Cigarette-Smoking Man
John Neville
The Well-Manicured Man
Martin Landau
Kurtzweil
Jeffrey DeMunn
Bronschweig
Tom Braidwood
Frohike
Blythe Danner
Cassidy
Terry O'Quinn
Michaud
Dean Haglund
Langly
Bruce Harwood
Byers

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