The Cat from Outer Space

19781978
GG
1h 44m

6.1/10

Three scientists help an Alien feline, stranded on Earth, to repair its damaged spacecraft in order to return home but their efforts are hampered by inept army officials and foreign spies.Three scientists help an Alien feline, stranded on Earth, to repair its damaged spacecraft in order to return home but their efforts are hampered by inept army officials and foreign spies.Three scientists help an Alien feline, stranded on Earth, to repair its damaged spacecraft in order to return home but their efforts are hampered by inept army officials and foreign spies.

6.1/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Official Trailer

Sandy Duncan, Ralph Manza, Tom Pedi, and Jesse White in The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

Harry Morgan in The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

Ken Berry, Hans Conried, and Harry Morgan in The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

Ken Berry in The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

Alan Young in The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that has special powers, including the ability to allow the cat to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and needs the help of a man named Frank in order to reclaim and repair his ship to get back home. —LVJeff

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Taglines
- Mysterious visitor with unknown powers on our planet for supplies.... A six-pack of tuna?
Genres
Certificate
- G
Parents guide

Trivia
Jake the cat was played by two different Abyssinian cats: Rumple and his sister, Amber.

Goofs
Early in the film, Frank and Jake discuss procuring the bar of gold necessary to repair the ship. During the discussion, Jake says that he will need to reduce it while retaining all its properties. Later, when Jake reduces the gold to the size of a small pencil, Liz easily picks it up. If the "reduced" gold had retained all of its original properties as Jake said, it should have had the same mass as a bar of gold.

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.

Connections
Featured in Making a 'Splash' (2002)

Top review

8/10

It's a campy kid's movie from the late 70s, get over it critics!

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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