aka Immediate Disaster. The Venusian. A stranger (Helmut Dantine) turns up at a village pub and asks for a room for the night, but has no money, name, or a pulse when checked! Then Susan North (Patricia Neal) arrives at the pub, shaken from crashing her car, but with scars that look at least a few weeks old. Evidently the stranger has helped her. He then tells them that he is from Venus and is there to help set up talks with his political masters. Unfortunately, as is usual in such films, the government gets involved and attempt to get hold of his technology. Meanwhile Susan is developing a real bond with the Venusian, much to the annoyance of her fiance (Derek Bond), the government official trying to steal information about the technology the Venusian is using.
This stilted and either detached or underplayed film, (depending on your point of view), borrows liberally from The Day The Earth Stood Still, and also its leading lady. Little or no effects, lots of talk and a very stagey feel makes me feel this is for sci-fi completists only and screams 'quota quickie'.
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