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Future World: Forbidden Planet

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on BBC Two England

The science fiction classic, starring Walter Pidgeon Anne Francis and Robby the Robot AD 2,200: a space cruiser lands on the planet Altair-4, apparently inhabited only by Dr
Morbius, his daughter and their faithful servant Robby the Robot. But the planet has a deadly secret which the mysterious Morbius is very reluctant to reveal.... Based loosely on Shakespeare's The Tempest, this influential classic has left its mark on many later science-fiction films.
Screenplay by CYRIL HUME
Produced by NICHOLAS NAYFACK Directed by FRED MCLEOD WILCOX
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Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Pidgeon
Unknown:
Anne Francis
Unknown:
Cyril Hume
Produced By:
Nicholas Nayfack
Directed By:
Fred McLeod Wilcox
Dr Morbius:
Walter Pidgeon
Altaira Morbius:
Anne Francis
Commander Adams:
Leslie Nielsen
Lt 'Doc' Ostrow:
Warren Stevens
Lt Farman:
Jack Kelly
Chief Quinn:
Richard Anderson
Cook:
Earl Holliman
Bosun:
George Wallace
Source: Radio Times

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