The 27th Day

1957

Action / Sci-Fi

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 20% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 29% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 2142 2.1K

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Plot summary

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 Photo
William Asher

Top cast

Kenneth Gibson Photo
Kenneth Gibson as Scientist
Grandon Rhodes Photo
Grandon Rhodes as UN Presiding Officer
George Bruggeman Photo
George Bruggeman as Russian Officer
Paul Birch Photo
Paul Birch as Admiral
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694 MB
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1 hr 15 min
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1.26 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
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Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 15 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

The underlying premiss of this film is quite

The underlying premiss of this film is quite interesting. Five people are kidnapped by a vastly superior alien race and each given a potentially toxic capsule. These capsules can only be opened upon the command of the owner, but if they ever are then mankind is doomed to eradication. The five are from different nations and all walks of life and once the alien announces to the assembled world the identities of the group, their lives become frantic and unsafe - a predicament they must endure for twenty-seven days if they are to save the population from certain death! Arnold Moss does his best "Klaatu" impersonation as the visitor and William Asher offers us a considered story about how ordinary people - and their governments - might react in such weighty circumstances. Gene Barry leads a rather unimpressive cast, however, and that really lets this decent story down somewhat. He wasn't very good at the best of times, and here neither he nor Valerie French's "Eve" do justice to the intrigue of the plot. The ending, even after a few viewings, is a bit disappointing - but the whole concept makes this well worth watching.
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Reviewed by jbar19 7 / 10

Great movie, but the ending W...T....F....

OK, the other reviewers have done a great job of describing the movie.

Well made, thoughtful, intelligent etc.

But the ending? Are we to believe that the Dr. used the capsules to blanket the earth to kill only Evil People? Does anyone else think that's a little extreme? I suppose in the desperate context of the movie, he is justified, what with the Russian (Evil, boo boo!) General about to wipe out North America.

I dunno. I just cant see it. It's like the killer space capsules made moral judgments on all humans and exterminated who they felt had 'negative energy'.

I have a buddy with a Littering conviction, I'm hoping he made the cut.

Great movie, the whole time I am shocked at how good it is... then the wacky ending.

Puzzling, Bizarre ending.

Plus, the English chick is naughty in a 'nice girl' way.

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