The 27th Day

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

John Mantley

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

7 January 1957

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Gene Barry

  Jonathan Clark

• 

  Valerie French

  Eve Wingate

• 

  George Voskovec

  Prof. Klaus Bechner

• 

  Azemat Janti

  Ivan Godofsky

• 

  Stefan Schnabel

  The Soviet General

• 

  Friedrich von Ledebur

  Dr. Karl Neuhaus

• 

  Ralph Clanton

  Mr Ingram

• 

  Arnold Moss

  The Alien

• Monty Ash

  Soviet Prison Physician

• 

  Theo Marcuse

  Soviet Col. Gregor

• 

  Paul Birch

  Admiral

• 

  Paul Frees

  Radio Newscaster Ward Mason