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07/01/1957 Science Fiction 1h 15m
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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...

  1. William Asher

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gene Barry

    Jonathan Clark

  2. Valerie French

    Eve Wingate

  3. George Voskovec

    Prof. Klaus Bechner

  4. Azemat Janti

    Ivan Godofsky

  5. Stefan Schnabel

    The Soviet General

  6. Friedrich von Ledebur

    Dr. Karl Neuhaus

  7. Ralph Clanton

    Mr Ingram

  8. Arnold Moss

    The Alien

  9. Monty Ash

    Soviet Prison Physician

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-09
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 "K...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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