Quotes with Sound Clips from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) - Page 2

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 2

Relive the nostalgia of old-time radio with sound bites from Lux Radio Theater's "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Classic sci-fi, vintage sound & dialogue.

Actors: Michael Rennie (Klaatu), Jean Peters (Helen Benson), Paul Frees (Narrator)

5 more actors

, Lamont Johnson (Tom), Herb Butterfield (Professor Barnhardt), Tudor Owen (Mr. Harley), Billy Gray (Bobby), Edith Evanson (Mrs. Crockett)

[Amazon link] #ad

11 Nothing strange about Washington. -A person from another planet might disagree with you.

— Klaatu (Michael Rennie)

12 The universe grows smaller every day.

— Klaatu (Michael Rennie)

13 A nightmare stands on the ramp leading out of the spaceship.

— Narrator (Paul Frees)

14 And what he saw couldn't have been a dream... it was too real. But it couldn't have been true, either... it was too deliciously frightful.

— Narrator (Paul Frees)

15 There'd been at least twenty such sparkling days that spring and perhaps a billion or more of them since the Earth began...

— Narrator (Paul Frees)

16 It was my hope to discuss this officially with all the nations of the world. I was not allowed the opportunity.

— Klaatu (Michael Rennie)

17 All over the world, traffic stopped dead in a million streets.

18 Let's not say anything to Mom about this, huh? -Why not? -Well, she doesn't like me to take advantage of people.

19 This spring day, in the middle of the marvelous twentieth century, was different. It was the most different day that had happened to mankind since the first Christmas.