Alien from L.A.
β 3.5 Β· 1988 Β· 87m Β· Family Β· Science Fiction Β· Adventure
When her archaeologist father disappears on an expedition, Wanda sets out to look for him. What she finds is a secret underground world, where no one believes in life on the surface and where she and her father are taken for spies.
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