Land of the Giants - "The Crash"

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Original Air Date: September 22, 1968
Starring: Don Marshall, Kurt Kasznar, Stefan Arngrim
Directed by: Irwin Allen

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode!

Synopsis: In the future, a sub-orbital commercial aircraft with numerous passengers encounters a strange space warp and find themselves on Earth but in an extremely miniaturized form.

Kitty Cameo: One of the passengers, a shifty man named Alexander B. Fitzhugh (Kurt Kasznar), exits the ship without permission. He is carrying a briefcase which is invaluable to him. As he explores the strange jungle around the spacecraft, he realizes the little boy from the flight, named Barry (Stefan Arngrim) and his dog have followed him. They hear strange roaring sounds and decide to return to the ship. Before they can reach it, they are confronted by a giant orange tabby cat with a roar like a lion.

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Land of the Giants - The Crash giant orange tabby cat roaring

The cat strikes out at Fitzhugh with his paw, knocking open the briefcase and sending money spilling out everywhere.

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Fitzhugh and Barry race back to the ship where they bang on the door to be let in. Dan (Don Marshall) asks why Fitzhugh has closed the outside door when there are still others outside. He opens the door to reveal the cat’s face right outside!

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The cat starts trying to get into the ship, knocking everyone inside silly.

Land of the Giants - The Crash giant orange tabby cat trying to get inside ship

The cat must eventually get bored and leave because in later scenes it is no longer there. It is possible that this cat is one of the many cats known as Orangey trained by Frank Inn but this cannot be confirmed at this time.

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