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'The 27th Day' released

When: Jul 1957
Sources: 1 public source

Gene Barry in the trailer for Columbia's 1957 The 27th Day trailer screenshot (Columbia Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Columbia released William Asher's 'The 27th Day', in which an alien gives five people from different nations capsules able to wipe out humanity, testing whether they keep the peace for 27 days. The film mirrored Cold War nuclear fears.

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OtherThe 27th Day (1957) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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