The 27th Day poster

The 27th Day( 1957)

TV-MAScience Fiction
62%
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Terror from Outer Space!

Overview

Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien saucer, where an alien gives each a container holding three capsules. The alien explains that no power on earth can open a given container except a mental command from the person to whom it is given, then anyone may take a capsule and, by speaking a latitude and longitude at it, cause instant death to all within a given radius: thus each of the five has been provided with the power of life and death. Then, they are given 27 days to decide whether to use the capsules, and returned to the places from which each one came...

    Top Billed Cast

    1. cast image

      Gene Barry

      Jonathan Clark

    2. cast image

      Valerie French

      Eve Wingate

    3. cast image

      George Voskovec

      Prof. Klaus Bechner

    4. cast image

      Azemat Janti

      Ivan Godofsky

    5. cast image

      Stefan Schnabel

      The Soviet General

    6. cast image

      Friedrich von Ledebur

      Dr. Karl Neuhaus

    7. cast image

      Ralph Clanton

      Mr Ingram

    8. cast image

      Arnold Moss

      The Alien

    9. cast image

      Monty Ash

      Soviet Prison Physician

    10. cast image

      Theo Marcuse

      Soviet Col. Gregor

    11. cast image

      Paul Birch

      Admiral

    12. cast image

      Paul Frees

      Radio Newscaster Ward Mason

    13. cast image

      Marie Tsien

      Su Tan

    14. cast image

      Charles Bennett

      Gorki

    15. cast image

      John Bleifer

      Spokesman

    16. cast image

      Irvin Ashkenazy

      2nd Man

    17. cast image

      David Bond

      Dr. Schmidt

    18. cast image

      Philip Van Zandt

      Taxi Driver

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      Mel Welles

      Russian Marshal

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      Peter Norman

      Interrogator

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Nov 09 2022
    The underlying premiss of this film is quite interesting. Five people are kidnapped by a vastly superior alien race and each given a potentially toxic capsule. These capsules can only be opened upon the command of the owner, but if they ever are then mankind is doomed to eradication. The five are from different nations and all walks of life and once the alien announces to the assembled world the identities of the group, their lives become frantic and unsafe - a predicament they must endure for twenty-seven days if they are to save the population from certain death! Arnold Moss does his best "Kl...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • flying saucer
    • decision
    • alien
    • alien weapon