--- title: 'The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Wise' released: '1951-09-18' runtime_minutes: 92 certification: 'G' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Science Fiction' - 'Horror' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-1951' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 1951 · G · 92 min · Drama, Science Fiction, Horror · United States ## Synopsis The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century-Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. It stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier and Lock Martin. The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates. The film score was composed by Bernard Herrmann. Set in the Cold War during the early stages of the nuclear arms race, the storyline involves a humanoid alien visitor who comes to Earth, accompanied by a powerful robot, to deliver an important message that will affect the entire human race. In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". ## Credits - **Director:** [Robert Wise](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wise) - **Screenplay:** [Edmund H. North](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-h-north) - **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-herrmann) - **Producer:** [Julian Blaustein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-blaustein) - **Director of Photography:** [Leo Tover](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-tover) - **Editor:** [William H. Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-reynolds) ## Cast - [Sam Jaffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-jaffe) - [Carleton Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/carleton-young) - [Fay Roope](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-roope) - [Gabriel Heatter](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-heatter) - [Hugh Marlowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-marlowe) - [James Hong](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hong) - [Frank Conroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-conroy) - [Edith Evanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-evanson) - [Patricia Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-neal) - [Frances Bavier](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-bavier) - [Snub Pollard](https://cinepixo.com/people/snub-pollard) - [Lock Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lock-martin) - [Harry Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-harvey) - [Michael Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rennie) as Klaatu - [Billy Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-gray-2) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-1951 Film facts: Wikidata (Q425992); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.