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Forbidden Planet

7.3

Released March 23, 1956Runtime 1h 38min

Earthmen on a fabulous, peril-journey into outer space!

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

Genres

Science Fiction

Adventure

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $1,900,000
Revenue: $3,250,000
Profit/Loss: $1,350,000

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Cast

Walter PidgeonDr. Edward Morbius

Anne FrancisAltaira Morbius

Leslie NielsenCommander John J. Adams

Warren StevensLt. 'Doc' Ostrow

Jack KellyLt. Jerry Farman

Earl HollimanCookie

Richard AndersonChief Engineer Quinn

George D. WallaceBosun

Robert DixCrewman Grey

Jimmy ThompsonCrewman Youngerford

James DruryCrewman Strong

Harry Harvey Jr.Crewman Randall

Roger McGeeCrewman Lindstrom

Peter MillerCrewman Moran

Morgan JonesCrewman Nichols

Richard GrantCrewman Silvers

James BestCrewman (uncredited)

William BoyettCrewman (uncredited)

Les TremayneNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

Frankie DarroRobby the Robot (interior) (uncredited)

Marvin MillerRobby the Robot (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Fred M. WilcoxDirector

John GreenwaldAssistant Director

George RheinAssistant Director

Cyril HumeScreenplay

Irving BlockStory

Allen AdlerStory

Nicholas NayfackProducer

Bebe BarronOriginal Music Composer

Helen RoseCostume Design

Hugh HuntSet Decoration

Cedric GibbonsArt Direction

Arthur LonerganArt Direction

Edwin B. WillisSet Decoration

Louis BarronOriginal Music Composer

Walter PlunkettCostume Design

George J. FolseyDirector of Photography

Ferris WebsterEditor

James BrockSound

Bob AbramsVisual Effects

Kurt HernfeldSound Editor

Franklyn SoldoSpecial Effects Technician

A. Arnold GillespieSpecial Effects

Mentor HuebnerProduction Design

A.D. FlowersSet Dresser

Logan FrazeeSpecial Effects

Joshua MeadorSpecial Effects

Irving G. RiesSpecial Effects

Warren NewcombeSpecial Effects

Robert KinoshitaSpecial Effects

Glen RobinsonSpecial Effects Technician

Joshua MeadorVisual Effects

Irving BlockProduction Design

Wesley C. MillerSound Recordist

Doug HubbardSpecial Effects

William TuttleMakeup Artist

Sydney GuilaroffHairstylist

John LipowSound Editor

Kendrick KinneySound Editor

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Reviews

Your mind refuses to face the conclusion. Forbidden Planet is directed by Fred M. Wilcox and stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Screenplay is written by Cyril Hume from an original story by Irving Block & Allen Adler (original title being Fatal Planet). It is a CinemaScope p...

**_The 50's prototype Sci-Fi film and... Anne Francis_** I didn't see "Forbidden Planet" (1956) until a full four decades after it's debut. I've seen it a few more times since then and here's what strikes me: For one, although Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is undeniably great, practicall...

by Filipe Manuel Neto

**A sci-fi landmark that, however, is quite dated and has aged poorly.** I confess that I expected more from this film. Its impact at the time is undeniable, and it is a renowned classic of sci-fi cinema. In fact, we can almost say that it is part of the “pantheon” of founding films of this genr...

"Dr. Morbius" (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter "Altaira" (Anne Francis) are getting along fine on their planet of "Altair 4" when they receive a radio signal from an incoming ship. Despite being given the cold shoulder, they land and are soon enquiring as to where the remainder of the expedition w...