Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

Meet the Metaliens. Their quest: To find the Kleptonite Ball

1981 · 50 min · ★ 1.0 · Comedy, Science Fiction, Family, TV Movie

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…

Directed by Anthony Simmons · Written by Gray Jolliffe

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Cast

Ed Bishop Stainless Steel (voice)
Bob Hoskins Robotham (voice)
Al Matthew (voice)
Bill Mitchell Kublai Chrome (voice)
Paddie O'Neil Utensil / Operator (voice)
Christopher Sandford (voice)
Graham Stark (voice)
Marc Smith (voice)
Fabia Drake Miss Ruby
Anna Karen Mary
Deryck Guyler Vicar
Debbie Farrington Daughter

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