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Overview

User Rating:
5.6/10   1,444 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Ted Key (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 June 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Mysterious visitor with unknown powers on our planet for supplies.... A six-pack of tuna? more
Plot:
A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that has special powers... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
It's a campy kid's movie from the late 70s, get over it critics! more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ken Berry ... Dr. Franklin 'Frank' Wilson
Sandy Duncan ... Dr. Elizabeth 'Liz' Bartlett
Harry Morgan ... General Stilton

Roddy McDowall ... Mr. Stallwood
McLean Stevenson ... Dr. Norman Link
Jesse White ... Earnest Ernie (the Gambling Dealer)
Alan Young ... Dr. Wenger
Hans Conried ... Dr. Heffel
Ronnie Schell ... Sgt. Duffy / Voice of Jake the cat
James Hampton ... Capt. Anderson
Howard Platt ... Col. Woodruff (as Howard T. Platt)
William Prince ... Mr. Olympus
Ralph Manza ... Weasel
Tom Pedi ... Honest Harry

Hank Jones ... Officer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
104 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jake the cat was played by two different Abyssinian cats: Rumple and his sister, Amber. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: As the biplane first lifts off you can see the cable used to lift it. more
Quotes:
Dr. Elizabeth 'Liz' Bartlett: But I don't have a parachute!
Mr. Charlie Olympus: Then you have a problem.
Mr. Stallwood: But I don't have a parachute either!
Mr. Charlie Olympus: Then you have the same problem.
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Featured in Making a 'Splash' (2004) (V) more

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
It's a campy kid's movie from the late 70s, get over it critics!, 11 January 2007
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Author: pgb2998 from United States

This movie was one of my earliest memories of childhood and a fond one at that.

This was Disney making a sci fi movie fit for children, it's cute, it's campy, it's not meant to be an Oscar-grabbing masterpiece of acting, effects, or even plot. If Disney had produce the pinnacle of special effects, acting and storyline for its day, everyone would trash it as being either too complex, or unsuitable for children. Disney makes movies for kids, that's what they do. Deal with it.

Kids would be frightened by a true alien being, so a cat is a suitable substitute, makes for a warm cuddly visual even. The story had to be simple or kids wouldn't and couldn't follow it.

Those who want to critique this film as though it were high art need to get over it. If a 6 year old needs to be handed Masterpiece Theater to properly entertain them, there is something very wrong indeed.

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