Movie · 1956
Forbidden Planet
“Earthmen on a fabulous, peril-journey into outer space!”
Released 23 March 1956 98 min Science Fiction / Adventure More from 1956 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Walter Pidgeon
as Dr. Edward Morbius
George D. Wallace
as Bosun
Frankie Darro
as Robby the Robot (interior) (uncredited)
Warren Stevens
as Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
Jimmy Thompson
as Crewman Youngerford
Leslie Nielsen
as Commander John J. Adams
Richard Anderson
as Chief Engineer Quinn
James Best
as Crewman (uncredited)
Jack Kelly
as Lt. Jerry Farman
Morgan Jones
as Crewman Nichols
Earl Holliman
as Cookie
Harry Harvey Jr.
as Crewman Randall
Peter Miller
as Crewman Moran
Anne Francis
as Altaira Morbius
James Drury
as Crewman Strong
Robert Dix
as Crewman Grey
Roger McGee
as Crewman Lindstrom
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The numbers
38years between the oldest and youngest billed
58Walter Pidgeon — oldest on the call sheet
20Robert Dix — youngest billed
31average age of the credited cast