The Day the Earth Stood Still

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

Cast

Michael Rennie

as Klaatu / Mr. Carpenter

Patricia Neal

as Helen Benson

Billy Gray

as Bobby Benson

Sam Jaffe

as Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

Hugh Marlowe

as Tom Stevens

Lock Martin

as Gort

Freeman Lusk

as General Cutler

Edith Evanson

as Mrs. Crockett

Frank Conroy

as Mr. Harley

Frances Bavier

as Mrs. Barley

Reviews

John Chard

I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it. The Day the Earth Stood Still is directed by Robert Wise and adapted to screenplay by Edmund H. North from the story Farewell to the Master written by Harry Bates. It stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam J...

Filipe Manuel Neto

**An excellent sci-fi film.** This is one of the best and most influential films from the early days of sci-fi. The theme was not new, there were several films about aliens and flying saucers, but this is one of the best and most impactful. The script is simple: the atomic arms race was threateni...

CinemaSerf

This is probably Michael Rennie's best cinema role here as he lands his spaceship in the middle of Washington DC. Of course, the Americans panic and surround the thing with tanks and machine guns, and when he emerges looking as human as the rest of us, only clad in a silver suit, they go and shoot h...

TkA

**What an excellent movie..** Although this movie is from 1951, not many movies made today can hold a candle to this one. It's a great story with great camera play, and great suspense and thrills as well. If you haven't seen it yet, please do so shortly, but nothing i write here can do it true ju...

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