The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Director: Robert Wise

Writers: Edmund H. North, Harry Bates

Cinematographer: Leo Tover

Composer: Bernard Herrmann

Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Lock Martin

An alien emerges from a flying saucer in Washington, DC, demanding a conference with all the leaders of the world so as to warn them about their use of nuclear technology, but when his request is denied he escapes into town, hoping to find another way to get across his message without resorting to violence, in this beautifully crafted, thoughtful, and very entertaining piece of science fiction. Iain.Stott