The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 Robert Wise)

Herrmann invented sci-fi music. Kept thinking of one of the themes from North by Northwest throughout.

Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Lock Martin (Gort).

Pacy film is well put together by former editor Wise, pacily edited by William Reynolds, nicely shot by Leo Tover. The spaceship opening is cool, the robot rather less so, except in close up:

Earth is populated by morons - that's clear from the beginning. Film stands up well. Edmund H North is the writer, based on a story by Harry Bates.