A film poster for Forbidden Planet showing Robby. See the image for additional remarks concerning this robot rename

• Forbidden Planet

  

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  Initial release date:

  1956

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  Directed by:

  • Fred Wilcox

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  • The Tempest

  Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction film in CinemaScope and Metrocolor directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen. The characters and setting were inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the...

• Robby the Robot

  

  Robby the Robot is a fictional character who has made a number of appearances in science fiction movies and television programs from 1956 onward. Robby the Robot is a 6-foot, 11-inch tall mechanical suit designed for an actor to wear, to play the...

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