Forbidden Planet

MGM’s first big-budget science fiction film combines state-of -the-art special effects with a storyline founded upon “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. In the 23rd century, Commander JJ. Adams guides United Planets cruiser C-57-D on a rescue mission to faraway planet Altair-4. Twenty years earlier, earth ship Bellerophon disappeared while on route to Altair-4. Only the ship’s philologist Dr. Morbeus and his daughter survived. In the intervening decades, Morbeus has created an Edenlike world of his own, for the benefit of himself and his daughter. When Adams and his crew land , Morbeus announces that he has no intention of being rescued and returned to earth…