SYNOPSIS

Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” is transformed in this landmark science-fiction film with groundbreaking special effects. Space men travel to a planet ruled by expatriate Pidgeon who has built a kingdom with his daughter and obedient robot Robby. There the good doctor is plagued by his mad quest for knowledge through his “brain booster” machine, and by Freudian “monsters from the id” as his daughter discovers other men and learns to kiss


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

January 01, 1956

DIRECTOR

Fred M. Wilcox

WRITER

Cyril Hume (screenplay), Irving Block (story)

COMPANY

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1956) (USA) (theatrical)

GENRE

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller

CERT

U

RUNTIME

98 minutes

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