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| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: September 20, 1951 |
Starring:
Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Hugh Marlowe, Lock Martin, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Patrick Aherne, Rama Bai, Sam Jaffe, Walter Bacon
Summary:
An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
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This was the first major film to depict a benign extraterrestrial visiting Earth since the postwar flying saucer phenomenon began in June 1947. Few alien visitation films have surpassed it for suspense, narrative economy, acting and a just plain good story. [09 Apr 2004]
The well-loved science fiction tale of the brainy extraterrestrial Klaatu (Michael Rennie), who comes to Earth to warn the planet against its self-destructive nuclear pursuits; he winds up observing humanity close up. [06 Oct 2006, p.C6]
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