Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Edmund H. NorthCinematography:
Leo ToverComposer:
Bernard HerrmannCast:
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Kim Spalding, Stuart Whitman, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Lauter, Harry Harvey (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A spacecraft lands in Washington D.C. and an alien emerges, flanked by a menacing robot with destructive capabilities far beyond their imagination. So begins the science-fiction thriller, The Day The Earth Stood Still, a classic “atomic movie” from the 50's that would go on to inspire alien-invasion films for decades to come. Rebuffed in his efforts to meet the world's leaders and warn them of the earth's impending doom, the alien, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), takes to the streets. Klaatu's plea for peace is embraces by a pretty, young woman (Patricia Neal) and an eminent scientist (Sam Jaffe), but the rest of humanity reacts with mistrust, fear and violence. With time running out, Klaatu is forced to demonstrate his awesome powers in a mind-boggling display, teaching all of mankind a lesson for the ages. (20th Century Fox AU)
(more)Cast
![Robert Osterloh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/927/159927844_2b7ad5.jpg)
Robert Osterloh
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
White Heat (1949)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
![Carleton Young](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505372_4f1ff2.jpg)
Carleton Young
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
![House Peters Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/071/160071647_5ac09b.jpg)
House Peters Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
![Mike Ragan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/157/160157221_fc9a85.gif)
Mike Ragan
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
![Roy Engel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/160/160160399_50ab3b.jpg)
Roy Engel
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Spartacus (1960)
![Edith Evanson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/299/160299902_e79757.jpg)
Edith Evanson
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Rope (1948)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Harlan Warde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/299/160299996_5b3c13.jpg)
Harlan Warde
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Caged (1950)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Bob Reeves](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/417/160417334_44ec54.gif)
Bob Reeves
USA
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Storm Warning (1951)
George Lynn
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Notorious (1946)
![Olan Soule](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/477/160477129_884618.jpg)
Olan Soule
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Lock Martin
USA
Best movies:
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
James Gonzalez
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Jack Daly
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Dorothy Neumann
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Marc Snow
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Marjorie Crossland
Canada
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
![Frank Conroy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/527/160527051_6bcf7b.jpg)
Frank Conroy
UK
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)