El Día 27 (1957)
Tres hombres y dos mujeres de distintos orígenes son llevados a un platillo volante donde un extraterrestre les explica que su pueblo vive en un planeta moribundo y necesita a la Tierra. Sin embargo, su código ético no les permite conquistarla. ¿La solución? Que sean los propios humanos quienes aceleren su propia destrucción. Para ello les da a cada uno tres cápsulas capaces de destruir la vida humana en un radio de 2.500 kilómetros. Los cinco elegidos disponen de 27 días para utilizarlas.
Directora:
William Asher
Escritor:
John Mantley
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Gene Barry as Jonathan Clark |
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Valerie French as Eve Wingate |
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Jiří Voskovec as Prof. Klaus Bechner |
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Azemat Janti as Ivan Godofsky |
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Stefan Schnabel as The Soviet General |
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Friedrich von Ledebur as Dr. Karl Neuhaus |
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Ralph Clanton as Mr Ingram |
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Arnold Moss as The Alien |
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Monty Ash as Soviet Prison Physician |
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Theo Marcuse as Soviet Col. Gregor |
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Paul Birch as Admiral |
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Paul Frees as Radio Newscaster Ward Mason |
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Marie Tsien as Su Tan |
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Charles Bennett as Gorki |
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John Bleifer as Spokesman |
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Irvin Ashkenazy as 2nd Man |
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David Bond as Dr. Schmidt |
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Philip Van Zandt as Taxi Driver |
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Mel Welles as Russian Marshal |
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Peter Norman as Interrogator |
| Writing | John Mantley | Screenplay |
| Camera | Henry Freulich | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ross Bellah | Art Direction |
| Directing | William Asher | Director |
| Editing | Jerome Thoms | Editor |
| Writing | John Mantley | Novel |
| Art | Frank Tuttle | Set Decoration |
| Production | Lewis J. Rachmil | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Ray Harryhausen | Special Effects |
| Crew | Will Sheldon | Second Unit |
| Sound | Ferrol Redd | Sound Director |
| Sound | Mischa Bakaleinikoff | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Helen Ainsworth | Producer |