Forbidden Planet (1956)Stream and Watch Online

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Released March 23rd, 1956, 'Forbidden Planet' stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens The G movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a user score of 73 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 883 well-known users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."

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