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
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1957
Runtime1h 15m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresScience Fiction
Votes38
DirectorWilliam Asher
WritersJohn Mantley
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.2 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe 27th Day
About The 27th Day
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...
Directed by William Asher, The 27th Day leans on a strong ensemble — Gene Barry, Valerie French, George Voskovec — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about science fiction titles of 1957.
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