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Movie Classics: Forbidden Planet

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on BBC One London

continuing a series of acclaimed films introduced by Barry Norman.
Tonight 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 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

Introduced By:
Barry Norman
Screenplay:
Cyril Hume
Producer:
Nicholas Nayfack
Director:
Fred McLeod Wilcox
Dr Morbius:
Walter Pidgeon
Altara 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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