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Forbidden Planet
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.
1956 · Directed by Fred M. Wilcox · 98 min · Science Fiction · Adventure · 18 frames
Tagline
Earthmen on a fabulous, peril-journey into outer space!
Crew
- Screenplay: Cyril Hume
- Cinematography: George J. Folsey
- Edited by: Ferris Webster
- Music: Bebe Barron, Louis Barron
- Production design: Irving Block, Mentor Huebner
- Produced by: Nicholas Nayfack
Cast
- Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Edward Morbius
- Anne Francis as Altaira Morbius
- Leslie Nielsen as Commander John J. Adams
- Warren Stevens as Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
- Jack Kelly as Lt. Jerry Farman
- Earl Holliman as Cookie
- Richard Anderson as Chief Engineer Quinn
- George D. Wallace as Bosun
- Robert Dix as Crewman Grey
- Jimmy Thompson as Crewman Youngerford
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $1,900,000
- Box office: $3,250,000
- Themes: flying saucer, rescue mission, space, alien planet, robot, sabotage, mysterious death, alien civilization, lone survivor, extinct race
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