Film Forum

U.S., 1951
Directed by Robert Wise
With Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe
Music by Bernard Herrmann
Approx. 92 min. DCP.

“Klaatu barada nikto!” Reeling from an ill-advised fusillade after his saucer lands in the nation’s Capitol, alien Michael Rennie gives that famous order to his killer robot Gort. Mega-classic with eerie Bernard Herrmann theremin score.

Presented with support from the Robert Jolin Osborne Endowed Fund for American Classic Cinema of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s

Reviews

“Rightly considered a classic in everything from its Theremin-enhanced Bernard Herrmann score to its fine pacing and performances, continues to be pointed and timely.”
– Jonathan Rosenbaum