This technically-challenged Australian children's film with a mythical monster that won't siphon any tourist trade away from Loch Ness. Raised by his guardian, Gaza (Tony Barry), in an Australian suburb, orphaned American Cody Walpole (Henry Thomas), 14, spends all his spare time tinkering with inventions. His brakeless railroad-track bicycle attracts the attention of worried police, who warn him to find a safer hobby. In fact, Cody's brainstorms become so notorious that the parents of his best friends, Wendy (Rachel Friend) and Jane Cannon (Tamsin West), forbid them to play with him. Because kids will be disobedient kids, the Cannon girls accompany Cody on a jaunt t...
Released:
1986
Rated:
PG
Length:
93 mins