Name: Episode 7 — Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
Released: 1996-11-17
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi

The X-Files (1993 – 2018)

1993 • 11 seasons • Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • TV-14

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Episode 7 — Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

Released: 1996-11-17 • Mystery/Sci-Fi & Fantasy/Crime

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The Lone Gunmen reveal the (possibly fake) secret history of the Cigarette Smoking Man to Mulder and Scully; from a young captain in the U.S. Army recruited to assassinate President Kennedy, to becoming the mysterious man in the shadows at the height of a global conspiracy.

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Creator	Chris Carter
Episode air date	17.11.1996
Episode runtime	45 min
Episode rating	8.37
Genres	Mystery / Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Crime
TMDB series rating	8.4
IMDb series rating	8.6
Series status	Ended
Age rating	14+
Country	US

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Episode 7 — Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

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