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Forbidden Planet (1956)

Film · 1956 · 98 min · G · Science Fiction · Adventure

Earthmen on a fabulous, peril-journey into outer space!

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

Directed by Fred M. Wilcox

Starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Earl Holliman, Richard Anderson, George D. Wallace

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In cinemas13 June 1958
Digital releaseNot listed
Physical release18 April 2000
First release anywhere23 March 1956

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