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The 27th Day

Terror from Outer Space!
Jan 7, 1957 · 1h 15m
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Science Fiction

PLOT

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...

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CAST

Gene Barry
Jonathan Clark
Valerie French
Eve Wingate
George Voskovec
Prof. Klaus Bechner
Azemat Janti
Ivan Godofsky
Stefan Schnabel
The Soviet General
Friedrich von Ledebur
Dr. Karl Neuhaus
Ralph Clanton
Mr Ingram
Arnold Moss
The Alien
Directed by William Asher

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Romson Productions, Columbia Pictures
Country
US

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