Forbidden Planet

Based On the book by William Shakespeare

Forbidden Planet is a 1956 American science fiction film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack and directed by Fred M. Wilcox from a script by Cyril Hume that was based on a film story by Allen Adler and Irving Block. It stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Shot in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, this landmark film is considered one of the great science-fiction films of the 1950s, a precursor of contemporary science-fiction cinema. The characters and isolated setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the plot contains certain happenings analogous to the play, leading many to consider it a loose adaptation.

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Release date:

1956

Director:

Fred M. Wilcox

Cast:

Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Warren Stevens, Robby the Robot

Genre:

Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama, Action

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1956 in adaptations