Bizarre and outlandish Sci-Fi movie with an anti-communist critical and a peace message . Aliens take five people who suddenly find themselves on an alien spacecraft . They're from five nations , including the "Superpowers" (USA, USSR and China), there an alien give them small capsules which can kill mankind without additional damage, with the understanding they will colonize Earth only if they use the weapons . The main extraterrestrial (Arnold Moss) lends five weapons which will permit to destroy themselves without harming the planet, this weapon affects only human life , nothing else .No power on Earth can open a given container except a mental command from the person to whom it is given. It will be long to them for 27 of the 35 days remaining to us , if at the end of that midnight of the 27th day Greenwich time , they've not used will automatically become harmless . They are under no compulsion to make use of the weapons , they cannot hope for disaster . If they don't use the weapons the human race will live and the extraterrestrial will die . One piece will be given to each of the kidnapped five and each capsule will then eradicate all human life within a 3,000-mile radius of its designated location. They may of course turn them over to governments : 'the decision is yours , the weapons are yours to do it as you wish' . Along the way , our two protagonists (Gene Barry ,Valerie French) and others escape from governments that want to take the strange capsules for their own purports .
This The 27th Day (1957) belongs to 50s Science Fiction's classic period in which had been made a lot of nice films dealing with with extraterrestial invasion and the communist dangers, including films as ¨War of the worlds¨ , ¨It Conquered the World¨ , ¨Killers from Space¨, ¨Red Planet Mars¨ and many others. Based on a novel by John Mantley , in fact himself wrote the script .A main candidate for the strangest and nuttiest Science Fiction of all time with a surprising premise and plenty of twists turns and set-up, dealing with five individuals abducted by alien forces who give them each a container holding capsules and each person has been provided with the power of life and death. Any of these individuals has the capability to instantaneously launch the capsules to whatever coordinates he/she chooses . This one results to be an incoherent movie , at times , overburned with various messages about politics , world peace and science . It stars the always agreeable Gene Barry who also starred another classic Sci-Fi : War of the worlds , along with beautiful Valerie French , both of them giving acceptable interpretations . Being accompanied by by brief known faces , such as : Arnold Moss as the rare Alien ,Stefan Schnabel , George Voskovec ,Paul Birch , Fred Aldrich and Friedrich von Ledebur as Dr. Karl Neuhaus who sacrifices himself to prove the power of the dangerous extraterrestrial weapon.
The motion picture was professionally directed by William Asher , though its has various flaws and gaps ; being regarded by some critics as one of the more cerebral and intelligent movies in the Sci-Fi vintage period .William Asher had a long career that spands over forty years . He first worked in Hollywood in the mail room at Universal , and subsequently became producer and filmmaker . He was a director and producer, known for The Shadow on the Window (1957), Johnny Cool (1963) , Fireball 500 (1966) and Kay O'Brien (1986). And he made several episodes from famous TV series , such as : The Paul Lynde Show , The Twilight Zone, Shirley Teample's storybook , The Thin Man, Sally , Lucas Tanner , Bad New Bears , Marcus Welby and Bewitched (1964) . And he directed musical beach films , such as : Beach Blanket Bingo , Biquini Beach , Muscle Beach Party , How to Stuff a Wild Bikini . Rating : 6/10 . The pic will appeal to Science Fiction buffs .
This The 27th Day (1957) belongs to 50s Science Fiction's classic period in which had been made a lot of nice films dealing with with extraterrestial invasion and the communist dangers, including films as ¨War of the worlds¨ , ¨It Conquered the World¨ , ¨Killers from Space¨, ¨Red Planet Mars¨ and many others. Based on a novel by John Mantley , in fact himself wrote the script .A main candidate for the strangest and nuttiest Science Fiction of all time with a surprising premise and plenty of twists turns and set-up, dealing with five individuals abducted by alien forces who give them each a container holding capsules and each person has been provided with the power of life and death. Any of these individuals has the capability to instantaneously launch the capsules to whatever coordinates he/she chooses . This one results to be an incoherent movie , at times , overburned with various messages about politics , world peace and science . It stars the always agreeable Gene Barry who also starred another classic Sci-Fi : War of the worlds , along with beautiful Valerie French , both of them giving acceptable interpretations . Being accompanied by by brief known faces , such as : Arnold Moss as the rare Alien ,Stefan Schnabel , George Voskovec ,Paul Birch , Fred Aldrich and Friedrich von Ledebur as Dr. Karl Neuhaus who sacrifices himself to prove the power of the dangerous extraterrestrial weapon.
The motion picture was professionally directed by William Asher , though its has various flaws and gaps ; being regarded by some critics as one of the more cerebral and intelligent movies in the Sci-Fi vintage period .William Asher had a long career that spands over forty years . He first worked in Hollywood in the mail room at Universal , and subsequently became producer and filmmaker . He was a director and producer, known for The Shadow on the Window (1957), Johnny Cool (1963) , Fireball 500 (1966) and Kay O'Brien (1986). And he made several episodes from famous TV series , such as : The Paul Lynde Show , The Twilight Zone, Shirley Teample's storybook , The Thin Man, Sally , Lucas Tanner , Bad New Bears , Marcus Welby and Bewitched (1964) . And he directed musical beach films , such as : Beach Blanket Bingo , Biquini Beach , Muscle Beach Party , How to Stuff a Wild Bikini . Rating : 6/10 . The pic will appeal to Science Fiction buffs .