Top billed cast

1. 

   Michael Rennie

   Klaatu / Mr. Carpenter

2. 

   Patricia Neal

   Helen Benson

3. 

   Billy Gray

   Bobby Benson

4. 

   Sam Jaffe

   Prof. Jacob Barnhardt

5. 

   Hugh Marlowe

   Tom Stevens

6. 

   Lock Martin

   Gort

7. 

   Freeman Lusk

   General Cutler

8. 

   Edith Evanson

   Mrs. Crockett

9. 

   Frank Conroy

   Mr. Harley

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-06-14

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 him! Luckily, "Klaatu" isn't a man to bear a grudge and from his hospital bed informs the powers that be that he wants a conference with world leaders. This will be a tough ask say the politicians, so he absconds from the hospital and takes up residence in the home of "Helen" (Patricia Neal) and her ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$995,000.00

Revenue
$1,850,000.00

Keywords

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