Key Crew
Director
Robert Wise
Producers
Julian Blaustein
Writers
Edmund H. North
Cinematography
Leo Tover
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Cast (39)
Michael Rennie
Klaatu, alias Mr. Carpenter
Patricia Neal
Helen Benson
Robert Wise
Julian Blaustein
Edmund H. North
Leo Tover
Bernard Herrmann
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
... and 27 more
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...
The Day the Earth Stood Still ≣ 1951 ≣ Teaser
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Trailer
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Mick Garris on THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
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