<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $995,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $1.85 million (US theatrical rentals) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Day the Earth Stood Still (a.k.a. Farewell to the Master and Journey to the World) is a 1951 American black - and - white science fiction film released by 20th Century Fox and produced by Julian Blaustein . Directed by Robert Wise, it stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, and Sam Jaffe . The screenplay was written by Edmund H. North, based on the 1940 science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates . The score was composed by Bernard Herrmann . </P> <P> In The Day the Earth Stood Still, a humanoid alien visitor named Klaatu comes to Earth, accompanied by a powerful eight - foot tall robot, Gort, to deliver an important message that will affect the entire human race . </P>

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