Forbidden Planet

A spaceship lands on Altair 4, twenty years of silence broken. A lone survivor stands among ruins, an unseen force stirring, as the crew of C57D searches for the lost Bellerophon. Fred Wilcox brings 50s sci-fi spectacle to life.

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Fred M. Wilcox directed Forbidden Planet in 1956. See Fred M. Wilcox's full filmography, where to start with Fred M. Wilcox, or where to go after you've seen everything by Fred M. Wilcox.

Forbidden Planet was released in 1956 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 98 minutes.