The 27th Day

1/7/19571h 15m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Terror from Outer Space! ~

Overview:

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...

Director:

William Asher

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

flying saucer
decision
alien
alien weapon

Cast

Gene Barry

~ as ~

Jonathan Clark

Valerie French

~ as ~

Eve Wingate

George Voskovec

~ as ~

Prof. Klaus Bechner

Azemat Janti

~ as ~

Ivan Godofsky

Stefan Schnabel

~ as ~

The Soviet General

Friedrich von Ledebur

~ as ~

Dr. Karl Neuhaus

Ralph Clanton

~ as ~

Mr Ingram

Arnold Moss

~ as ~

The Alien

Monty Ash

~ as ~

Soviet Prison Physician

Theo Marcuse

~ as ~

Soviet Col. Gregor

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
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.