The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Movie Details

Original Title The Day the Earth Stood Still

Original Language EN

Budget $995,000

Revenue $1,850,000

Status Released

Popularity 2.0

Cast

Michael Rennie

Klaatu, alias Mr. Carpenter

Popularity: 1.2

Patricia Neal

Helen Benson

Popularity: 7.7

Billy Gray

Bobby Benson

Popularity: 3.2

Sam Jaffe

Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

Popularity: 3.0

Hugh Marlowe

Tom Stevens

Popularity: 0.9

Lock Martin

Gort

Popularity: 1.4

Freeman Lusk

General Cutler

Popularity: 0.4

Edith Evanson

Mrs. Crockett, landlady

Popularity: 0.4

Frank Conroy

Mr. Harley, Secretary to the President

Popularity: 0.5

Frances Bavier

Mrs. Barley, boarder

Popularity: 1.8

John Brown

George Barley, boarder

Popularity: 0.4

Olan Soule

Mr. Krull, boarder

Popularity: 7.0

Key Crew

Director Robert Wise

Producer Julian Blaustein

Screenplay Edmund H. North

Editor William Reynolds

Production

20th Century Fox

Videos & Trailers

The Day the Earth Stood Still ≣ 1951 ≣ Teaser

Teaser

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Trailer

Trailer

Mick Garris on THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

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Keywords

spacecraft flying saucer peace remote control ufo social commentary giant robot black and white military physics professor humanity alien technology

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 10/10

Nov 2, 2013

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 ... Read more

Filipe Manuel Neto 7/10

Sep 13, 2023

**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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 8/10

Jun 14, 2024

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 ... Read more