The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951DramaScience Fiction92 mins

Plot

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

  • Robert Wise

    Director

  • Edmund H. North

    Screenplay

  • Harry Bates

    Original Story

  • Leo Tover

    Director of Photography

  • William Reynolds

    Editor

  • Michael Rennie

    Klaatu, alias Mr. Carpenter

  • Patricia Neal

    Helen Benson

  • Billy Gray

    Bobby Benson

  • Sam Jaffe

    Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

  • Hugh Marlowe

    Tom Stevens

  • Lock Martin

    Gort

  • Freeman Lusk

    General Cutler

  • Edith Evanson

    Mrs. Crockett, landlady

  • Frank Conroy

    Mr. Harley, Secretary to the President

  • Frances Bavier

    Mrs. Barley, boarder

  • John Brown

    George Barley, boarder

  • Olan Soule

    Mr. Krull, boarder

  • Marjorie Crossland

    Hilda, Barnhart's secretary

  • Elmer Davis

    Elmer Davis

  • H.V. Kaltenborn

    H. V. Kaltenborn

  • Drew Pearson

    Drew Pearson

  • Gabriel Heatter

    Gabriel Heatter (voice)

  • Harry Lauter

    Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site

  • James Doyle

    Army Dr. White

  • Larry Dobkin

    Balding Army Doctor

  • Robert Osterloh

    Army Examining Doctor

  • Glenn Hardy

    Radio Interviewer at Landing Site

  • Tyler McVey

    Brady

  • House Peters Jr.

    M.P. Captain at Barnhardt's

  • George Lynn

    Conference Colonel Ryder

  • Dorothy Neumann

    Margaret, Tom's secretary

  • Wheaton Chambers

    Mr. Bleeker, jeweller

  • Carleton Young

    Zone Five Lieutenant Colonel

  • Harry Harvey

    The Cab Driver

  • Sammy Ogg

    Sammy, boy witness

  • Bess Flowers

    Lady Outside Jewelry Store

  • James Seay

    Government Man

  • Grady Galloway

    Radar Operator

  • Hassan Khayyam

    Indian Newscaster

  • John Barton

    British Newscaster

  • Stuart Whitman

    Sentry (scene deleted)

  • Runtime

    92 minutes

    Released

    1951-09-28

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    20th Century Fox

    Sound

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    605 days ago

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