Movie
Forbidden Planet
Overview
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-03-23
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Edward Morbius
- Anne Francis as Altaira Morbius
- Leslie Nielsen as Commander John J. Adams
- Warren Stevens as Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
- Jack Kelly as Lt. Jerry Farman
- Earl Holliman as Cookie
- Richard Anderson as Chief Engineer Quinn
- George D. Wallace as Bosun
- Robert Dix as Crewman Grey
- Jimmy Thompson as Crewman Youngerford
- James Drury as Crewman Strong
- Harry Harvey Jr. as Crewman Randall
Crew
- Fred M. Wilcox - Director
- Cyril Hume - Screenplay
- Irving Block - Story
- Allen Adler - Story
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