Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Edmund H. NorthCinematography:
Leo ToverComposer:
Bernard HerrmannCast:
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Kim Spalding, Stuart Whitman, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Lauter, Harry Harvey (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the peaceful alien emissary (Michael Rennie) it brings fails to earn the public's trust. When a young woman and her son befriend him, they soon realise they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
Cast
![Michael Rennie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/628/162628275_e1c84a.jpg)
Michael Rennie
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
![Patricia Neal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/387/164387842_01a4a8.jpg)
Patricia Neal
USA
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
![Hugh Marlowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262604_cd893e.jpg)
Hugh Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
![Sam Jaffe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272982_cb133b.jpg)
Sam Jaffe
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Lost Horizon (1937)
The Spies (1957)
![Billy Gray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873719_acfb9e.jpg)
Billy Gray
USA
Best movies:
In a Lonely Place (1950)
To Each His Own (1946)
Three Little Words (1950)
![Frances Bavier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/400/162400636_97fd97.gif)
Frances Bavier
USA
Best movies:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Bend of the River (1952)
The Bad Seed (1956)
![Kim Spalding](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763573_226993.jpg)
Kim Spalding
USA
Best movies:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Gunfighter (1950)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
![Stuart Whitman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/892/162892990_09c5e7.png)
Stuart Whitman
USA
Best movies:
![Lawrence Dobkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792665_da0ba1.jpg)
Lawrence Dobkin
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Harry Lauter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000095_a885c7.jpg)
Harry Lauter
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
The Big Heat (1953)
Showdown (1963)
![Harry Harvey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000168_b63048.jpg)
Harry Harvey
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
![Harry 'Snub' Pollard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886409_13580a.jpg)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Australia
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![David McMahon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/595/159595073_a6cbba.jpg)
David McMahon
USA
Best movies:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Al Haskell
USA
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Showdown (1963)
![Charles Tannen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/874/159874797_6103c6.jpg)
Charles Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Country Girl (1954)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Charles Sherlock
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Chet Brandenburg
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
White Heat (1949)
![Franklyn Farnum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948620_a1d5f2.jpg)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)