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Science Fiction

The Bamboo Saucer

- To Control Its Power Is To Rule The World

A flying saucer hidden in a Red Chinese peasant village is sought by teams from the United States and U.S.S.R. On finding it, they band together to explore the saucer and take a trip into space.

Release Date : 1968-10-23

Language :EnglishMandarinRussian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Harris AssociatesNational Telefilm Associates (NTA)Jerry Fairbanks Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Dan Duryea

Character Name : Hank Peters

Original Name : Dan Duryea

Gender : Male

John Ericson

Character Name : Fred Norwood

Original Name : John Ericson

Gender : Male

Lois Nettleton

Character Name : Anna Karachev

Original Name : Lois Nettleton

Gender : Female

Bob Hastings

Character Name : Jack Garson

Original Name : Bob Hastings

Gender : Male

Vincent Beck

Character Name : Zagorsky

Original Name : Vincent Beck

Gender : Male

Bernard Fox

Character Name : Ephram

Original Name : Bernard Fox

Gender : Male

Robert Dane

Character Name : Miller

Original Name : Robert Dane

Gender : Male

Rico Cattani

Character Name : Dubovsky

Original Name : Rico Cattani

Gender : Male

James Hong

Character Name : Archibald

Original Name : James Hong

Gender : Male

Bartlett Robinson

Character Name : Rhodes

Original Name : Bartlett Robinson

Gender : Male

Nick Katurich

Character Name : Gadyakoff

Original Name : Nick Katurich

Gender : Male

William Mims

Character Name : Vetry (as Bill Mims)

Original Name : William Mims

Gender : Male

Nan Leslie

Character Name : Dorothy Vetry

Original Name : Nan Leslie

Gender : Female

Andy Romano

Character Name : Blanchard

Original Name : Andy Romano

Gender : Male

Bill Baldwin

Character Name : TV Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Baldwin

Gender : Male

Frank Gerstle

Character Name : Technician at Radio (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Gerstle

Gender : Male

Buck Young

Character Name : Pete (uncredited)

Original Name : Buck Young

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

Dan Duryea is "Peters", and American leading a team racing to beat their Soviet counterparts to a remote "Red" Chinese village where they think there might be a flying saucer that was involved in an incident with one of their fighters. Needless to say, the Chinese are after it too and a combination of circumstances mean that when they find the thing, the rivals must team up in order to avoid capture and to get it airborne. I suppose that by being about a flying saucer in the first place, there is little point is saying how implausibly daft the rest of it is. We start our search with a wonderful child's drawing of a flying saucer that somehow manages to get into the hands of the Americans several thousands of miles away - and that pretty much sets the tone. It's further cluttered up by a bit of an awkward romance between "Norwood" (John Dickson) and the Soviet team member who manages to interpret for everyone "Anna" (Lois Nettleton) and the rest of it is just standard "Outer Limits" fayre with pretty ropey airborne saucer effects and a plot that seems to enable them to activate the auto-pilot as if it were a dishwasher. It is also far too long; we could easily live without much of the first half hour. Pretty poor, sorry.