The Day the Earth Stood Still
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, USA) is a Science Fiction film directed by Robert Wise.
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Main Details
- Released on September 20, 1951
- B&W
- Running time: 92 minutes
- Production and Distribution Co.: 20th Century Fox
- Directed by Robert Wise
- Written by Edmund H. North and Harry Bates
- Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
Plot 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.
Taglines
- A robot and a man . . . hold the world spellbound with new and startling powers from another planet!
- The screen has never conceived a creature like this!
- The world faced with destruction by strange "men" and demonic machines from a distant planet! (Ad cut).
- Is There a Face That Can Destroy the World?
- A Robot and a Man With Amazing Powers Invade the Earth!
- Never Before EQUALLED! Never Before APPROACHED! Never Before SEEN!
- From Out Of Space... A Warning And An Ultimatum
- Strange Power From Another Planet Menaces The Earth!
- What is this invader from another planet... Can it destroy the Earth?
