Forbidden Planet

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Forbidden Planet

(1956)

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A rescue team from earth lands their flying saucer-like spacecraft on an alien world, to discover they are not only not welcomed by the lone survivor of a missing scientific expedition sent there two decades earlier, but, once they have determined to investigate the deaths of his colleagues and bring him back home by force, along with his planet-born daughter, find themselves subjected to assault by something invisible which seems intent on preventing them from leaving the planet, ever.

Featured Crew

Cyril Hume

Screenplay
Fred M. Wilcox

Director

Top Billed Cast

Walter Pidgeon

Dr. Edward Morbius
Anne Francis

Altaira Morbius
Leslie Nielsen

Commander John J. Adams
Warren Stevens

Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
Jack Kelly

Lt. Jerry Farman

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A review by John Chard

9.0

Written by John Chard on August 12, 2015

Your mind refuses to face the conclusion.

Forbidden Planet is directed by Fred M. Wilcox and stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Screenplay is written by Cyril Hume from an original story by Irving Block & Allen Adler (original title being Fatal Planet). It is a CinemaScope production out of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is shot in Eastman Color (not Metrocolor as suggested on some sources) by cinematographer George J. Folsey. The piece features a novel musical score (credited as "electronic tonalities") by Louis & Bebe Barron.

Loosely based around William Shakespeare's pla... read the rest.

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Status Released

Release Information

March 15, 1956

G
Theatrical

Meaning

All ages admitted. There is no content that would be objectionable to most parents. This is one of only two ratings dating back to 1968 that still exists today.
April 18, 2000

G
Physical

Meaning

All ages admitted. There is no content that would be objectionable to most parents. This is one of only two ratings dating back to 1968 that still exists today.
September 7, 2010

G
Physical

Meaning

All ages admitted. There is no content that would be objectionable to most parents. This is one of only two ratings dating back to 1968 that still exists today.