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Day the Earth Stood Still, The

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Drama | 92 minutes
3,57 473 votes
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Genre: Drama / Scifi

Duration: 92 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Robert Wise

Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Hugh Marlowe

IMDb score: 7,7 (89.003)

Releasedate: 28 September 1951

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The Day the Earth Stood Still plot

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

The alien Klaatu and his mighty robot land their spaceship on Earth during the Cold War. They bring an important message to the planet, which Klaatu wants to pass on to the leaders of all nations. Since communication proves to be quite difficult, Klaatu decides to take an alternative approach.

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Michael Rennie Michael Rennie

Klaatu, alias Mr. Carpenter

Patricia Neal Patricia Neal

Helen Benson

Billy Gray Billy Gray

Bobby Benson

Sam Jaffe Sam Jaffe

Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

Hugh Marlowe Hugh Marlowe

Tom Stevens

Lock Martin Lock Martin

Gort

Freeman Lusk Freeman Lusk

General Cutler

Edith Evanson Edith Evanson

Mrs. Crockett, landlady

Frank Conroy Frank Conroy

Mr. Harley, Secretary to the President

Frances Bavier Frances Bavier

Mrs. Barley, boarder

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arno74

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11 February 2019 at 15:31

Great sci-fi classic. One of the few I still had to go. Excellent script and acting. Knowing that this film is 70 years old, there is nothing to complain about the (scarce) special effects, I know plenty of contemporary CGI films with much worse effects. It also seems to me to be a film that paved the way for the many sci-fi films made after that. Towards the 4*

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Mister Grant

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  • 46 votes
20 March 2022 at 20:18

The most famous SF film from the 50s/60s of course, but is it all so

exciting? The message that the film carries is of course very topical.

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