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6.3/10 • 31

1957-01-071h 15m

Science Fiction

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...

Directors
William Asher
Editors
Jerome Thoms

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Gene Barry

    Gene Barry

    Jonathan Clark

  2. Valerie French

    Valerie French

    Eve Wingate

  3. George Voskovec

    George Voskovec

    Prof. Klaus Bechner

  4. Azemat Janti

    Azemat Janti

    Ivan Godofsky

  5. Stefan Schnabel

    Stefan Schnabel

    The Soviet General

  6. Friedrich von Ledebur

    Friedrich von Ledebur

    Dr. Karl Neuhaus

  7. Ralph Clanton

    Ralph Clanton

    Mr Ingram

  8. Arnold Moss

    Arnold Moss

    The Alien

  9. Monty Ash

    Monty Ash

    Soviet Prison Physician

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CinemaSerf

Nov 9, 2022

6/10

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 "Klaatu" impersonation as the visitor and William Asher offers us a considered story about how ordinary people - and their governments - might react in such weighty circumstances. Gene Barry leads a rather unimpressive cast, however, and that really lets this decent story down somewhat. He wasn't very good at the best of times, and here neither he nor Valerie French's "Eve" do justice to the intrigue of the plot. The ending, even after a few viewings, is a bit disappointing - but the whole concept makes this well worth watching.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
flying saucerdecisionalienalien weapon