Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

  • January 1981
  • 50mins

  • Comedy
  • Science Fiction
  • Family
  • TV Movie
  • Directed by

    Anthony Simmons,

    Verity Lambert,

    Starring

    Ed Bishop,

    Bob Hoskins,

    Al Matthew,

    Bill Mitchell

    ...

    The Metaliens, alien robots intent on galactic domination, encounter a major setback. Their enormous Space Saucer, 'Compromise', enters a black hole in a strange, uncharted region of Space, and collides with another craft – sending the Kleptonite Ball, their precious cargo and the key to Universal Conquest, hurtling to a planet inhabited by primitive life forms: Earth. Having materialised in a bar, the Ball variously functions as a Christmas tree decoration, a bathroom ornament, and a fortune-teller's prop. The Metaliens must retrieve the Kleptonite Ball if their mission is ever to succeed. And that's when their problems really begin…