The 27th Day (1957)

The 27th Day (1957)

Terror from Outer Space! 1957-01-07 United States of America 75 Min. PG-13
6.2 30 votes

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...

Cast

Gene Barry is Jonathan Clark
Jonathan Clark
Valerie French is Eve Wingate
Eve Wingate
George Voskovec is Prof. Klaus Bechner
Prof. Klaus Bechner
Azemat Janti is Ivan Godofsky
Ivan Godofsky
Stefan Schnabel is The Soviet General
The Soviet General
Friedrich von Ledebur is Dr. Karl Neuhaus
Dr. Karl Neuhaus
Ralph Clanton is Mr Ingram
Mr Ingram
Arnold Moss is The Alien
The Alien
Monty Ash is Soviet Prison Physician
Soviet Prison Physician
Theo Marcuse is Soviet Col. Gregor
Soviet Col. Gregor
Paul Birch is Admiral
Admiral
Paul Frees is Radio Newscaster Ward Mason
Radio Newscaster Ward Mason