Forbidden Planet 68 years old

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

Forbidden Planet

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

Credits

Forbidden Planet Cast

Name Character
Richard Anderson He was 29, 91 years old when he died as Chief Engineer Quinn
Walter Pidgeon He was 58, 87 years old when he died as Dr. Edward Morbius
Earl Holliman He was 27, now 96 years old as Cookie
Leslie Nielsen He was 30, 84 years old when he died as Commander John J. Adams
James Drury He was 21, now 90 years old as Crewman Strong
Marvin Miller He was 42, 99 years old when he died as Robby the Robot (voice)
Morgan Jones He was 28, 84 years old when he died as Crewman Nichols
Frankie Darro He was 38, 59 years old when he died as Robby the Robot (interior) (uncredited)
Robby the Robot He was 0, now 69 years old as Robby
Jack Kelly He was 28, 65 years old when he died as Lt. Jerry Farman
Jimmy Thompson He was 30, 79 years old when he died as Crewman Youngerford
Warren Stevens He was 36, 92 years old when he died as Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
Robert Dix He was 20, 83 years old when he died as Crewman Grey
Anne Francis She was 25, 80 years old when she died as Altaira Morbius
James Best He was 29, 88 years old when he died as Crewman (uncredited)
Harry Harvey, Jr. He was 26, 49 years old when he died as Crewman Randall
Peter Miller as Crewman Moran

Forbidden Planet Crew

Name Department
Ferris Webster as Editor. He was 43 (76) years old when He died Editing
Edwin B. Willis as Set Decoration. He was 63 (70) years old when He died Art
Arthur Lonergan as Art Direction. He was 50 (83) years old when He died Art
Hugh Hunt as Set Decoration. He was 54 (86) years old when He died Art
Walter Plunkett as Costume Design. He was 53 (79) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Fred M. Wilcox as Director. He was 48 (56) years old when He died Directing
Cyril Hume as Screenplay. He was 55 (66) years old when He died Writing
Nicholas Nayfack as Producer. He was 47 (49) years old when He died Production
Louis Barron as Original Music Composer. Sound
Cedric Gibbons as Art Direction. He was 62 (67) years old when He died Art
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Forbidden Planet (68 years)

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

  • Release day: Friday, March 23, 1956
  • Runtime: 98 minutes
  • Budget: 1900000.00
  • Revenue: 3250000.00