Director: Robert Wise

Writer: Edmund H. North

From story: Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates

Music: Bernard Herrmann

Producer: Julian Blaustein

Keywords: Sci-Fi, Alien Invasion, Robots, Stopping Time, Cold War, Washington DC

A flying saucer lands in Washington DC to warn Earth that humans are too aggressive and must cease development of atomic weapons lest they harm other races. Failure to comply may bring the planet's destruction. Their primary messenger Klaatu is shot almost immediately, but manages to escape from hospital confinement; he goes into hiding at a boarding house. Produced at the height of Cold War paranoia. Entered 1995 into the National Film Registry.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frances Bavier	Actor	14-Dec-1902	6-Dec-1989	Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show
Billy Gray	Actor	13-Jan-1938		Father Knows Best
Sam Jaffe	Actor	10-Mar-1891	24-Mar-1984	Gunga Din
Hugh Marlowe	Actor	30-Jan-1911	2-May-1982	Jim Matthews on Another World
Patricia Neal	Actor	20-Jan-1926	8-Aug-2010	The Day the Earth Stood Still
Michael Rennie	Actor	25-Aug-1909	10-Jun-1971	The Day the Earth Stood Still

CAST

with
Michael Rennie	...   Klaatu (alien)
Patricia Neal	...   Helen Benson (widow)
Hugh Marlowe	...   Tom Stevens
Sam Jaffe	...   Dr. Jacob Barnhardt
Billy Gray	...   Bobby Benson
Frances Bavier	...   Mrs. Barley
Lock Martin	...   Gort (alien's bodyguard)

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