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The X-Files

The X-Files

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The X-Files

"Fight the future."

1998

2h 1m

6.9(1836 votes)

Mystery

Science Fiction

Thriller

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

20th Century Fox

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

David Duchovny

David Duchovny

Agent Fox Mulder

Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Agent Dana Scully

Mitch Pileggi

Mitch Pileggi

Assistant Director Walter Skinner

William B. Davis

William B. Davis

The Cigarette-Smoking Man

John Neville

John Neville

The Well-Manicured Man

Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Kurtzweil

Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn

Bronschweig

Tom Braidwood

Tom Braidwood

Frohike

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Cassidy

Terry O'Quinn

Terry O'Quinn

Michaud

Creative team

Directed by: Rob Bowman
Written by: Chris Carter
Frank Spotnitz
Produced by: Daniel Sackheim
Chris Carter

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