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 (2)
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The Day The Earth Stood Still depicts the arrival of an alien dignitary, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), who has come to earth with his deadly robot, Gort (Lock Martin), to deliver the message that earthlings must stop warring among themselves--or else. After being shot at by military guards, Klaatu is brought to a Washington, D.C. hospital, where he begs a sympathetic but frank Major White (Robert Osterloh) to gather all the world's leaders so he can tell them more specifically what he has come to warn them about. Losing patience, Klaatu slips into the human world, adapting a false identity and living at a boarding house where he meets a smart woman with a conscience and her inquisitive son. Both mother and son soon find themselves embroiled in the complex mystery of Klaatu, his message and the government's witch hunt for the alien. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Michael Rennie
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
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Patricia Neal
USA
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
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Hugh Marlowe
USA
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Sam Jaffe
USA
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Billy Gray
USA
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Frances Bavier
USA
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Kim Spalding
USA
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Stuart Whitman
USA
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Lawrence Dobkin
USA
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Harry Lauter
USA
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Harry Harvey
USA
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Sam Harris
Australia
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Harold Miller
USA
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Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Australia
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David McMahon
USA
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Al Haskell
USA
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Charles Tannen
USA
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Charles Sherlock
USA
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Chet Brandenburg
USA
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Franklyn Farnum
USA
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