Kadoyng (1972) – Nostalgia Central

This Children’s Film Foundation (CFF) film sees an alien named Reject 462 (Leo Maguire, who also wrote the film) arrive in the picturesque, sleepy village of Byway from the planet Stoikal.

Reject 462 appears human, except for a small antenna that protrudes from his head, enabling him to influence people’s thoughts and actions and transport inanimate objects.

The building of a new motorway threatens the pastoral calm of the village, and Professor Balfour (Gerald Sim) and his three children  – Billy (Adrian Hall), Lucy (Teresa Codling) and Barney (David Williams) – are attempting to rally the villagers in opposition to the bullying developer, Mr Fritton (Bill Owen), and the government minister he has in tow (Dennis Ramsden).

Reject 462 (the children call him “Kadoyng”) decides to help, and eventually sabotages the motorway by turning the land into a watery bog.

The exterior shots of Byway were filmed in Denham, Buckinghamshire. Kadoyng’s spacesuit and spaceship interior props are leftovers from Gerry Anderson’s UFO TV series, which had finished filming at Pinewood the year before.

Kadoyng (Reject 462)
Leo Maguire
Lucy Balfour
Teresa Codling
Billy Balfour
Adrian Hall
Barney Balfour
David Williams
Professor Balfour
Gerald Sim
Mrs Balfour
Frieda Knorr
McGrath
Stephen Bone
Williams
Andrew Mussell
Lady Elspeth
Jean Dallas
Old Robbo
Jack Haig
Jack Flitton
Bill Owen
Eric Flitton
Ian Pigot
Minister
Dennis Ramsden
Pander-Willoughby
Michael Sharvell-Martin
PC Arthur Palfrey
Stephen Thorne

Director
Ian Shand