An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
Patrick Aherne
- General at Pentagon
- (uncredited)
Larry Arnold
- Scientific Delegate
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Sightseer at Spaceship
- (uncredited)
Rama Bai
- Scientific Delegate
- (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
- Peddler
- (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
- Chief of Staff
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Farmer
- (uncredited)
John Brown
- George Barley
- (uncredited)
John Burton
- British Radio Announcer
- (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
- Mr. Bleeker
- (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
- Scientific Delegate
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaLock Martin, the doorman at Grauman's Chinese Theater, was cast because of his nearly seven-foot height; however, he was not a physically strong man and could not actually carry Patricia Neal, so he had to be aided by wires (in shots from the back where he's carrying her (actually a lightweight dummy in his arms). He also had difficulty with the heavy Gort suit and could only stay in it for about a half hour at a time.
- GoofsKlaatu arranges to have the electromagnetic fields neutralized from 12.00 pm to 12:30 pm EST, yet it is clearly broad daylight in every country in which people are struggling with inoperative devices. In Asia and the Middle East, it should've been nightfall during this time frame.
- Crazy creditsElmer Davis, H.V. Kaltenborn, and Drew Pearson identify themselves when they appear on screen. Radio personality Gabriel Heatter is identified by an announcer.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Giant Claw (1957)
Featured review
A spacecraft makes its way towards the earth, it's like a saucer with a rounded, curving girth, when it lands, a man descends, he comes in peace, wants to make friends, and then he's shot, because of difference, we're averse. A robot then appears and shows its power, disintegrating weapons, with its glower, but the alien assailed, gets the giant to curtail, though the sentiment is clear for all to see. It's not long before the foreigner has gone, assimilating, to a world gone wrong, finding out about mankind, finding out how we're so blind, to trajectories that lead to our extinction.
I don't think the message is any different all these years later, just more pertinent.
I don't think the message is any different all these years later, just more pertinent.
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- Also known as
- El día que paralizaron la Tierra
- Filming locations
- The Ellipse, National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, USA(landing of the flying suacer on the oval)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $651
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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