Forbidden Planet
Science Fiction
Warner Bros.  (1956) 98 mins G

7.8 (12,898 votes)
A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair offers evidence of an advanced civilization. But among Altair-4's many wonders, none is greater or more deadly than the human mind.

Forbidden Planet is the grandaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis)... and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, Forbidden Planet is in a movie orbit all its own....

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Cast and Crew
Walter Pidgeon  ......  Dr. Edward Morbius
Anne Francis  ......  Altaira 'Alta' Morbius
Warren Steven  ...... 
Leslie Nielsen  ......  Commander J. J. Adams
Jack Kelly  ......  Lt. Jerry Farman
Warren Stevens  ......  Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow M.D.
Director  .....  Fred M. Wilcox
Producer  .....  Nicholas Nayfack
Writer  .....  Cyril Hume; Irving Block
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: During the kissing lesson, Jerry goes from embracing Altaira to holding her by the arms between shots. (more)

Trivia:
The special effects artists used split-screen traveling mattes to make images appear and disappear, such as the piece of fruit Morbius lobs at the "household disintegrator beam" and the tiger that Commander Adams vaporizes. See the "Goofs" section for problems caused by this process. (more)

Quotes:
Dr. Edward Morbius: One cannot behold the face of the gorgon and live! (more)

Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination (more)