the 27th day
The 27th Day - Our records indicate this title is not available on Home Video. [1]
View company contact information for The 27th Day on IMDbPro. [2]
For a nation firmly trapped in the icy grip of the American-Soviet Cold War of the 1950s, The 27th Day (1957) offered audiences a suitably chilling movie experience. [3]
The five are then presented with a case containing three capsules, each capsule capable of emitting lethal radiation that will kill all human life within a 3,000 mile radius. [1]
The 27th Day is the story of what happens when a representative of a much-advanced alien race comes to Earth and forces its inhabitants to come to grips with possible annihilation, courtesy of a set of capsules which contain the power to kill everyone on the planet. [3]
Each capsule is given to a citizen of a different country. [4]
A shadowy extraterrestrial emissary summons English woman Eve Wingate, Los Angeles reporter Jonathan Clark, German scientist Professor Klaus Bechner, Chinese villager Su Tan and Russian soldier Ivan Godofsky onto a flying saucer. [...] This Flash movie requires a newer version of the Flash plug-in. [1]
The 27th Day began life as a novel by Canadian-born writer John Mantley who, after completing service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII, decided to try acting as a career. [3]
In this 1950s cold war allegory, aliens deposit five capsules on the surface of the earth. [...] Be in next week’s Rotten Tomatoes Show! [4]
From Leonard Maltin, author of the bestselling annual Movie Guide, comes this guide to classic movies which includes more than 9,000 caspule reviews of classic movies. [3]
Aliens give five people from different nations the power to destroy their enemies. [1]
In light of the rising interest in science fiction, unidentified flying objects and American-Soviet relations in the fifties, the novel was quickly optioned by Columbia Pictures. [3]
As the professor lies unconscious in his hospital bed, the U.S. government sends for Dr. Karl Neuhaus, a prominent atomic scientist, to examine the weapon. [1]
Sources:
[1] TCM Movie Database
[2] The 27th Day (1957)
[3] The 27th Day
[4] The 27th Day Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes