Other Titles • The Cat from Outer Space • Die Katze aus dem Weltraum (1978)
Synopses for The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
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Here's today's trivia question: What Disney movie costars both colonels from television's M*A*S*H--that is, Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) and Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan)? Heck, that's easy: 1978's The Cat from Outer Space, a family comedy about a feline extraterrestrial named Jake (voiced by actor Ronnie Schell, who also plays Sergeant Duffy). Eerily similar to the plot of Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, released four years later, Cat finds Jake stuck on Earth and in danger of being trapped here forever if his fellow space kitties can't rendezvous with him soon.
While a gruff Army general (Morgan) tries to scare up some answers about the whereabouts and agenda of the purring alien, Jake allies himself with an unorthodox scientist (Ken Berry), plus the latter's friend (Stevenson)--a compulsive gambler--and mathematician girlfriend (Sandy Duncan). Together, they try to raise the scratch to purchase expensive materials to make Jake's ship run again, and in short order. Norman Tokar, an old Disney hand (The Happiest Millionaire) directing his final film before he died the following year, gets the comic machinery going with his slick cast of character actors (Roddy McDowall, Jesse White, Hans Conried), sly one-liners, and lots of enjoyable suspense. A kid-pleaser for sure. --Tom Keogh
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An intelligent being from another planet in the form of a cat named Jake (voiced by Ronnie Schell) visits earth and enlists the aid of U.S. scientists to help rebuild his spaceship. Jake happens to be able to predict sporting event results and attracts some military types who think they are seeking a spaceman, not a spacecat.
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"Jake" The Cat
When Zunar SJ190 Doric Fourseven, or, in earth talk, Jake the cat crash9lands his spaceship on earth, he has 36 hours to repair it and lift off or he will be stuck on earth forever.
In no time, Jake enlists the help of offbeat physicist Dr. Frank Wilson to fix his spaceship, now being investigated by NASA scientists. While holding one of Jake's spare collars, Frank levitates to the top of the ship and discovers that Jake will need $120,000 in gold in order to return to space!
In a race against time, Jake and Frank attempt to raise the money through supernatural tricks and risky bets. However, when Jake "meets" Dr. Elizabeth Bartlett's cat Lucy Belle, his desire to blast off from earth weakens and he finds himself entangled in a web of feline love, military protocol and enemy spies.
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