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Stranger from Venus (1954)

Directed by Burt Balaban

Science Fiction

Overview

Stranger from Venus (a.k.a. Immediate Disaster and The Venusian) is the story of a woman who meets a stranger with no pulse who has the power of life and death at his touch. He is here from Venus to warn Earth about the atom.

Rated NR | Length 75 minutes

Actors

Patricia Neal | Helmut Dantine | Derek Bond | Cyril Luckham | Willoughby Gray | Marigold Russell | Arthur Young | Kenneth Edwards | David Garth | Stanley Van Beers | Nigel Green | Graham Stuart | John Le Mesurier | Peter Sallis

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
02/07/2025TVStreamingVideo on Demand5.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Loose remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still but on a much lower budget. But I like the weird lo-fi approach and its unknown setting, a possible fictional country. The “human beings are bad” seems to be a theme recently in my viewing.

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