The Day The Earth Stood Still - Cast

Cast

  • Michael Rennie as Klaatu
  • Patricia Neal as Helen Benson
  • Billy Gray as Bobby Benson
  • Hugh Marlowe as Tom Stevens
  • Sam Jaffe as Professor Jacob Barnhardt
  • Frances Bavier as Mrs. Barley
  • Lock Martin as Gort
  • Frank Conroy as Mr. Harley
  • Tyler McVey as Brady (uncredited)

Well-known broadcast journalists of their time, H. V. Kaltenborn, Elmer Davis, Drew Pearson and Gabriel Heatter, appeared and/or were heard as themselves.

Spencer Tracy and Claude Rains were originally considered for the part of Klaatu.

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