Forbidden Planet is a 1956 American science fiction film , produced by Nicholas Nayfack, and directed by Fred M. Wilcox. It stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. It is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s, a precursor of contemporary science fiction cinema. The characters and isolated setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the plot contains certain happenings analogous to the play, leading many to consider it a loose adaptation. <br /><br />Credits <br />Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Edward Morbius <br />Anne Francis as Altaira "Alta" Morbius <br />Leslie Nielsen as Commander John J. Adams <br />Warren Stevens as Lt. "Doc" Ostrow <br />Jack Kelly as Lt. Jerry Farman <br />Richard Anderson as Chief Quinn <br />Earl Holliman as Cook <br />George Wallace as Bosun <br />Robert Dix as Crewman Grey <br />Jimmy Thompson as Crewman Youngerford <br />James Drury as Crewman Strong <br />Harry Harvey Jr. as Crewman Randall <br />Roger McGee as Crewman Lindstrom <br />Peter Miller as Crewman Moran <br />Morgan Jones as Crewman Nichols <br />Richard Grant as Crewman Silvers <br />Robby the Robot as Robby The Robot <br />Frankie Darro as Robby the Robot (uncredited) <br />Marvin Miller as the voice of Robby the Robot (uncredited) <br />Les Tremayne as Narrator (uncredited) <br />James Best as Crewman (uncredited) <br />William Boyett as Crewman (uncredited)
