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The 27th Day (1957)

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Terror from Outer Space!

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...

Cast & Crew

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

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Keywords

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  • decision
  • alien
  • alien weapon