The first great sci-fi film, and the first to take a serious look at why aliens might be paying us a visit – in this case it is to warn us about what will happen if we keep trying to destroy ourselves and possibly others in the galaxy. It’s a movie with a message.

 

The alien of the piece, Klaatu (played by Michael Rennie) lands in a big shiny flying saucer and has got a big shiny robot called Gort that fires laser-beams if you piss him off. Though it’s a little campy in places now, I’d imagine it was pretty scary at the time.

 

Klaatu’s arrival in Washington DC (not New York, like in the recent remake) was met with the same type of welcome Williams normally receives when he visits there. Gun-happy armymen shoot him.

 

“... It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet, but if you threaten to extend your violence, this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder. Your choice is simple: join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you” - Klaatu.

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