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The Day the Earth Stood Still

7.5

Released September 28, 1951Runtime 1h 32min

From out of space...A warning and an ultimatum.

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

Genres

Science Fiction

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $995,000
Revenue: $1,850,000
Profit/Loss: $855,000

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Cast

Michael RennieKlaatu, alias Mr. Carpenter

Patricia NealHelen Benson

Billy GrayBobby Benson

Sam JaffeProf. Jacob Barnhardt

Hugh MarloweTom Stevens

Lock MartinGort

Freeman LuskGeneral Cutler

Edith EvansonMrs. Crockett, landlady

Frank ConroyMr. Harley, Secretary to the President

Frances BavierMrs. Barley, boarder

John BrownGeorge Barley, boarder

Olan SouleMr. Krull, boarder

Marjorie CrosslandHilda, Barnhart's secretary

Elmer DavisElmer Davis

H.V. KaltenbornH. V. Kaltenborn

Drew PearsonDrew Pearson

Gabriel HeatterGabriel Heatter (voice)

Harry LauterLieutenant in Charge of Landing Site

James DoyleArmy Dr. White

Larry DobkinBalding Army Doctor

Robert OsterlohArmy Examining Doctor

Glenn HardyRadio Interviewer at Landing Site

Tyler McVeyBrady

House Peters Jr.M.P. Captain at Barnhardt's

George LynnConference Colonel Ryder

Dorothy NeumannMargaret, Tom's secretary

Wheaton ChambersMr. Bleeker, jeweller

Carleton YoungZone Five Lieutenant Colonel

Harry HarveyThe Cab Driver

Sammy OggSammy, boy witness

Bess FlowersLady Outside Jewelry Store

James SeayGovernment Man

Grady GallowayRadar Operator

Hassan KhayyamIndian Newscaster

John BartonBritish Newscaster

Stuart WhitmanSentry (scene deleted)

Rama BaiScientific Delegate

John BurtonBritish Radio Announcer

Bill WelshRadio Announcer (voice)

Crew

Robert WiseDirector

Edmund H. NorthScreenplay

Harry BatesOriginal Story

Julian BlausteinProducer

Lyle R. WheelerArt Direction

Addison HehrArt Direction

Claude E. CarpenterSet Decoration

TravillaCostume Design

Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer

William ReynoldsEditor

Leo ToverDirector of Photography

Thomas LittleSet Decoration

Perkins BaileyCostume Design

Fred SersenSpecial Effects

Charles LeMaireWardrobe Master

Ben NyeMakeup Artist

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Reviews

I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it. The Day the Earth Stood Still is directed by Robert Wise and adapted to screenplay by Edmund H. North from the story Farewell to the Master written by Harry Bates. It stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam ...

by Filipe Manuel Neto

**An excellent sci-fi film.** This is one of the best and most influential films from the early days of sci-fi. The theme was not new, there were several films about aliens and flying saucers, but this is one of the best and most impactful. The script is simple: the atomic arms race was threaten...

This is probably Michael Rennie's best cinema role here as he lands his spaceship in the middle of Washington DC. Of course, the Americans panic and surround the thing with tanks and machine guns, and when he emerges looking as human as the rest of us, only clad in a silver suit, they go and shoot ...