The Cat from Outer Space - June 9, 1978
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English - June 09, 2021 07:00 - 5 minutes - 5.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture literature entertainment film history sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It's one of those feel-good family sci-fi films about an alien's special bond with a human and their dramatic escape on a flying bike. Nope, not that one. Amid Disney's long string of live-action comedies released in the 1970s, "The Cat From Outer Space" made its debut on June 9, 1978 and made kids wonder if their own cat could really talk if they just had the right collar.
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Written by John Champion
Hosted by Earl Green
Music by Devin Curry