The 27th Day
Directed by William Asher
1957 • Approved • English • 75 min.
A low-key Cold War thriller in the vein of The Day the Earth Stood Still. In this one, aliens have a plan to take over they earth — they gift five earthlings with weapons of catastrophic destructive power, assuming the humans won’t be able to resist the urge to destroy their neighbors (and themselves).
Cast: Gene Barry, Valerie French, George Voskovec