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Forbidden Planet (1956) was directed by Fred M. Wilcox, and written by Irving Block and Allen Adler. Based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest, this classic 1950s science fiction movie introduced ideas that would become widespread years later; for example, in the TV series Star Trek.

The movie stars Leslie Nielsen (Naked Gun) as the romantic lead, a starship captain. It introduces the concept of a planetary federation—the "United Planets," and uses the dynamic of interactions among the captain, first officer, and ship's doctor, which became the pivotal relationship in the Star Trek series ten years later.

Another first for Forbidden Planet is the appearance of Robbie the Robot.

Principal Cast

Leslie Nielson as Commander John J. Adams
Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Morbius
Anne Francis as Altaira
Warren Stevens as Dr. Ostrow
Jack Kelly as Lt. Farman
Earl Holliman as the cook

Plot Summary

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A United Planets starship lands on the planet Altair to relieve a scientific expedition that landed there twenty years earlier. Once there, they find that all of the expedition is dead, save for Dr. Morbius and his daughter, Altaira. Morbius has discovered the remains of a highly advanced civilization known as the Krell. The Krell destroyed themselves by unleashing monsters from the depths of their own minds. Morbius has tapped into the Krell technology, unwittingly unleashing his own monster upon the starship crew. . . .

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