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Forbidden PlanetFollow

1956 • G • 1h 38m • Adventure, Sci-Fi • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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

🍅 93% 85% MC 80 IMDb 7.5

Box office summary

Domestic total
$3.00M
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Cast & crew

Directed byFred M. Wilcox ScreenplayCyril Hume Produced byNicholas Nayfack CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey MusicBebe Barron, Louis Barron Prod. DesignIrving Block, Mentor Huebner StarringWalter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Earl Holliman StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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