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Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

Meet the Metaliens. Their quest: To find the Kleptonite Ball
Jan 1, 1981 · 50m
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Comedy
Science Fiction
Family
TV Movie

PLOT

The Metaliens, alien robots intent on galactic domination, encounter a major setback. Their enormous Space Saucer, 'Compromise', enters a black hole in a strange, uncharted region of Space, and collides with another craft – sending the Kleptonite Ball, their precious cargo and the key to Universal Conquest, hurtling to a planet inhabited by primitive life forms: Earth. Having materialised in a bar, the Ball variously functions as a Christmas tree decoration, a bathroom ornament, and a fortune-teller's prop. The Metaliens must retrieve the Kleptonite Ball if their mission is ever to succeed. And that's when their problems really begin…

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CAST

Ed Bishop
Stainless Steel (voice)
Bob Hoskins
Robotham (voice)
Al Matthew
(voice)
Bill Mitchell
Kublai Chrome (voice)
Paddie O'Neil
Utensil / Operator (voice)
Christopher Sandford
(voice)
Graham Stark
(voice)
Marc Smith
(voice)
Directed by Anthony Simmons

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Euston Films, Thames Television
Country
GB

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