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SF Film Festival: Forbidden Planet

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Starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Robby the Robot

AD 2200: 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 Shakesepeare's The Tempest, this influential classic has left its mark on many later SF films.

Films, p 15

Contributors

Screenplay:
Cyril Hume
Producer:
Nicholas Nayfack
Director:
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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