Stranger from Venus (1954)
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.
- Burt Balaban
- Tilly Day
- Barry Delmaine
- Desmond Leslie
- Hans Jacoby
Rating: 5/10 by 20 users
Alternative Title:
Immediate Disaster - US
The Venusian - US
Country:
United Kingdom
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 15 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: space, alien contact, first contact
This is all over the place. It seems derivative of Harry Bates' short story from 1940 "Farewell to the Master" as an alien - in this case from Venus - arrives to tell humanity to ditch nuclear weapons. Patricia Neal seems to pretty much reprise her role from "The Day The Earth Stood Still" (also based on the same short story) as she and Cyril Luckham try to engage with our alien visitor, played by an almost static Helmut Dantine. He has landed in the UK but the radio announcements reporting his arrival all have American accents (not very BBC) and the special effects, such as they are, are pretty basic. Burt Balaban may have devised his direction to have a somnambulant effect - this is a very, very slow burn. It does contain the great quote "I can find no pulse, therefore there are two possible explanations: either I am drunk, or you are dead"
