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Kadoyng

Kadoyng (1972) Movie Poster
UK  •    •  60m  •    •  Directed by: Ian Shand.  •  Starring: Teresa Codling, Adrian Hall, David Williams, Stephen Bone, Andrew Mussell, Leo Maguire, Jean Dallas, Jack Haig, Frieda Knorr, Bill Owen, Ian Pigot, Dennis Ramsden, Michael Sharvell-Martin.  •  Music by: Edwin Astley.
     The village of Byway is under threat from a new motorway when a strange spaceship from the faraway planet of Stoikal crashes nearby. It's alien owner decides to uses some of its bizarre powers to help the Byway residents outwit the developers.

Review:

Image from: Kadoyng (1972)
Image from: Kadoyng (1972)
Image from: Kadoyng (1972)
Image from: Kadoyng (1972)
Image from: Kadoyng (1972)
Image from: Kadoyng (1972)
Image from: Kadoyng (1972)
The plot has been summarised as "The quaint village of Byway will be bulldozed to make way for a motorway until alien outcast Kadoyng arrives from Outer Space to help" and doesn't really need any further comment. It's dated badly for an audience today and has some very clunky progress through the plot, but it has some imaginative ideas.

The basic storyline underneath the space age froth reminded me of The Railway Children given a comedy remix, and it has the same affectionate tone. I described the plot summary above on an online forum somewhere else, which got a response wondering if it could have been an influence on Douglas Adams for "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", and there are enough similarities to suggest the link is valid.


Review by garsonfarm from the Internet Movie Database.