poster

Stranger from Venus (1954)

5 | Aug 23, 1954 (GB) | Thriller, Science Fiction | 01:15

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.

Featured Crew

Director, Producer
Editor
Hairdresser
Screenplay
Director of Photography
Art Direction
Wardrobe Supervisor
Original Music Composer
Continuity
Makeup Artist

Cast

profile
Patricia Neal
Susan North
profile
Helmut Dantine
The Stranger
profile
Derek Bond
Arthur Walker
profile
Cyril Luckham
Dr. Meinard
profile
Willoughby Gray
Tom Harding
profile
Marigold Russell
Gretchen Harding
profile
Arthur Young
Scientist
profile
Kenneth Edwards
Charles Dixon
profile
David Garth
First Police Officer

Reviews

avatar
CinemaSerf
4 | Nov 21, 2022
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"