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Forbidden Planet

1956, Movie, NR, 98 mins

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FORBIDDEN PLANET
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This colorful and altogether superb sci-fi flick — one of the best of the '50s — is essentially Shakespeare's The Tempest set in outer space. Leslie Nielsen touches down on the pink planet Altair-4, where rogue scientist Walter Pidgeon and his daughter Anne Francis are the only survivors after invisible monsters prowl the planet. With Warren Stevens and Robby the Robot. No list of the greatest sci-fi movies would be complete without this influential 1956 Freudian space fantasy. Leslie Nielsen and crew are searching the fabulous pink-and-green planet of Altair-4 for a missing Earth colony when the discover sole survivors Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his curvaceous daughter (Anne Francis) living in exotic splendor. Everyone else, it seems, fell victim to an invisible, rampaging monster. The acting is a bit campy, but look at it this way: Not only is the movie based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest," it introduces sci-fi's most beloved character--Robby the Robot. Read the complete review for Forbidden Planet
Year: 1956
Rated NR

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Cast
Walter Pidgeon: Dr. Morbius
Anne Francis: Altaira
Leslie Nielsen: Cmdr. Adams
Warren Stevens: Lt. "Doc" Ostrow
Jack Kelly: Lt. Farman
Richard Anderson: Chief Quinn

 

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