Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
- spacecraft
- flying saucer
- peace
- remote control
- ufo
- social commentary
- giant robot
- black and white
- military
- curious
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Michael Rennie
Klaatu / Mr. Carpenter
Patricia Neal
Helen Benson
Billy Gray
Bobby Benson
Sam Jaffe
Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
- Hugh Marlowe — Tom Stevens
- Lock Martin — Gort
- Freeman Lusk — General Cutler
- Edith Evanson — Mrs. Crockett
- Frank Conroy — Mr. Harley
- Frances Bavier — Mrs. Barley
- John Brown — George Barley
- Olan Soule — Mr. Krull
- Marjorie Crossland — Hilda
- Elmer Davis — Elmer Davis
- H.V. Kaltenborn — H. V. Kaltenborn
- Directed
- Robert Wise
- Written
- Edmund H. North
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 1,255 ratings
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
