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Stranger from Venus

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5.0/10 • 21

1954-08-231h 15m

ThrillerScience Fiction

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.

Directors
Burt Balaban
Editors
Peter R. Hunt

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Patricia Neal

    Patricia Neal

    Susan North

  2. Helmut Dantine

    Helmut Dantine

    The Stranger

  3. Derek Bond

    Derek Bond

    Arthur Walker

  4. Cyril Luckham

    Cyril Luckham

    Dr. Meinard

  5. Willoughby Gray

    Willoughby Gray

    Tom Harding

  6. Marigold Russell

    Marigold Russell

    Gretchen Harding

  7. Arthur Young

    Arthur Young

    Scientist

  8. Kenneth Edwards

    Kenneth Edwards

    Charles Dixon

  9. David Garth

    David Garth

    First Police Officer

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CinemaSerf

Nov 21, 2022

4/10

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 pretty basic. Burt Balaban may have devised his direction to have a somnambulant effect - this is a very, very slow burn. It does contain the great quote "I can find no pulse, therefore there are two possible explanations: either I am drunk, or you are dead"

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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