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The Bamboo Saucer (1968)

The Bamboo Saucer poster
Directed by
Frank Telford
Genre
science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
G
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

American and Russian teams race to investigate a flying saucer found in Communist China during the Cold War.

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What happens

The Bamboo Saucer is an independently made 1968 Cold War science fiction film drama about competing American and Russian teams that discover a flying saucer in Communist China. The film was re-released in 1969 under the title Collision Course with a reduced edited runtime of 90 minutes. This was the final film for both actors Dan Duryea and Nan Leslie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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