◎译 名 地球停转之日/地球停顿记/地球末日记/地球停止转动
◎片 名 The Day The Earth Stood Still
◎年 代 1951
◎国 家 美国
◎类 别 剧情/科幻/惊悚
◎语 言 英语
◎字 幕 英文
◎IMDB评分 8.1/10 (25,768 votes) Top 250: #204
◎IMDB链接 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456
◎导 演 罗伯特·怀斯 Robert Wise
◎主 演 帕德里夏·妮尔 Patricia Neal....Helen Benson
Michael Rennie....Klaatu/Carpenter
Hugh Marlowe....Tom Stevens
Sam Jaffe....Prof. Jacob Barnhardt
Billy Gray....Bobby Benson
Frances Bavier....Mrs. Barley
Lock Martin....Gort
H.V. Kaltenborn....H.V. Kaltenborn
Elmer Davis....Elmer Davis
Drew Pearson....Drew Pearson
Gabriel Heatter....Gabriel Heatter
Holly Bane....Army Captain (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford....Chief of Staff (uncredited)
John Brown....George Barley (boarder) (uncredited)
John Burton....British radio MC (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers....Mr. Bleeker (diamonds) (uncredited)
John Close....Captain (uncredited)
Frank Conroy....Mr. Harley (President's secretary) (uncredited)
Eric Corrie....British Soldier (uncredited)
John Costello....Cockney (uncredited)
James Craven....Businessman (uncredited)
Marjorie Crossland....Hilda (Barnhardt's secretary) (uncredited)
Jack Daly....Bit Man (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin....Army physician (uncredited)
Jim Doyle....A doctor (uncredited)
Charles Evans....Major general (uncredited)
Edith Evanson....Mrs. Crockett (boarding house) (uncredited)
Michael Ferris....British Soldier (uncredited)
Elizabeth Flournoy....Jewelry clerk (uncredited)
Grady Galloway....American Radar Operator (uncredited)
Bill Gentry....Sentry (uncredited)
Glenn Hardy....Interviewer (uncredited)
Harry Harvey....Taxi driver (uncredited)
Gil Herman....Government agent (uncredited)
Hassan Khayyam....Indian Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Harry Lauter....Platoon leader (uncredited)
Freeman Lusk....Gen. Cutler (uncredited)
George Lynn....Col. Ryder (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton....Brigadier General (uncredited)
Michael Mahoney....Sentry (uncredited)
David McMahon....Air Force sergeant (welder) (uncredited)
Tyler McVey....Brady (government agent) (uncredited)
Millard Mitchell....Gen Cutler (voice) (uncredited)
Howard Negley....Colonel (uncredited)
Dorothy Neumann....Margaret (Tom's secretary) (uncredited)
Sammy Ogg....Boy (uncredited)
Robert Osterloh....Army physician (uncredited)
Gayle Pace....Captain (uncredited)
Ted Pearson....Colonel (uncredited)
House Peters Jr.....MP captain (uncredited)
John M. Reed....Tank Driver (uncredited)
Fay Roope....Major general (uncredited)
James Seay....Government man (uncredited)
Olan Soule....Mr. Krull (boarder) (uncredited)
Kim Spalding....Army orderly (uncredited)
Harmon Stevens....Bit Man (uncredited)
Harlan Warde....Carson (uncredited)
Stuart Whitman....Army sentry (uncredited)
Adam Williams....Army physician (uncredited)
Rush Williams....MP sergeant (uncredited)
Carleton Young....Colonel (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum....Extra in Office Building Corridor (uncredited)
Sam Harris....Scientific Delegate (uncredited)
John Hiestand....TV Announcer on Truck (uncredited)
Harold Miller....Military Officer at Pentagon Meeting (uncredited)
'Snub' Pollard....Cab Driver (uncredited)
Charles Tannen....Voice of Radio Announcer (uncredited)
◎简 介
克拉图来自一个超越人类文明的星球,他作为一名使者乘坐一艘宇宙飞船降落在华盛顿,在机器人戈特的陪同下到地球来阻止人类制造原子武器。因为原子武器会造成人类的灭绝。地球人不但不听他的劝说,反而向他开枪,戈特想要反击,但被克拉图拦住了,地球人把他关进了监狱,他逃走并藏了起来。最后他为了人类醒悟,展示了他的力量——他使地球上所有的电器瘫痪了一个小时……
影片一反好莱坞常态,把外星人塑造成开明的好人,来到美国传播和平的讯息,受到多数美国人的赞同,但部分民众因为常年受到谣言的蛊惑,对他们加以迫害。
一句话评论
From Out Of Space... A Warning And An Ultimatum
Strange Power From Another Planet Menaces The Earth!
What is this invader from another planet... Can it destroy the Earth?
幕后制作
科幻片的里程碑,在麦卡锡时代推出具有强烈的亲苏联倾向。也有人把故事理解成耶稣传播福音。