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)
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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
Michael Rennie
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
Patricia Neal
USA
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
Hugh Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
Sam Jaffe
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Spies (1957)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Billy Gray
USA
Best movies:
In a Lonely Place (1950)
To Each His Own (1946)
The Strange Woman (1946)
Frances Bavier
USA
Best movies:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Bend of the River (1952)
The Bad Seed (1956)
Kim Spalding
USA
Best movies:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Gunfighter (1950)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Stuart Whitman
USA
Best movies:
Lawrence Dobkin
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Harry Lauter
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
The Big Heat (1953)
Showdown (1963)
Harry Harvey
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Australia
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
David McMahon
USA
Best movies:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Storm Warning (1951)
Al Haskell
USA
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Showdown (1963)
Charles Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Charles Sherlock
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Chet Brandenburg
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
White Heat (1949)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)