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Stranger from Venus( 1954)

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Overview

Stranger from Venus (a.k.a. Immediate Disaster and The Venusian) is the story of a woman who meets a stranger with no pulse who has the power of life and death at his touch. He is here from Venus to warn Earth about the atom.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Patricia Neal

      Susan North

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      Helmut Dantine

      The Stranger

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      Derek Bond

      Arthur Walker

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      Cyril Luckham

      Dr. Meinard

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      Willoughby Gray

      Tom Harding

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      Marigold Russell

      Gretchen Harding

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      Arthur Young

      Scientist

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      Kenneth Edwards

      Charles Dixon

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      David Garth

      First Police Officer

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      Stanley Van Beers

      General

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      Nigel Green

      Second Police Officer

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      Graham Stuart

      Police Chief

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      John Le Mesurier

      Official

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      Peter Sallis

      Soldier

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    4
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Nov 21 2022
    This is all over the place. It seems derivative of Harry Bates' short story from 1940 "Farewell to the Master" as an alien - in this case from Venus - arrives to tell humanity to ditch nuclear weapons. Patricia Neal seems to pretty much reprise her role from "The Day The Earth Stood Still" (also based on the same short story) as she and Cyril Luckham try to engage with our alien visitor, played by an almost static Helmut Dantine. He has landed in the UK but the radio announcements reporting his arrival all have American accents (not very BBC) and the special effects, such as they are, are prett...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • space
    • alien contact
    • first contact