Forbidden Planet (All Region DVD) 1956 Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen

A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
This film marked one of the first times a science-fiction project had received a large budget. Sci-fi films generally received the most meagre of budgets. The critical success of this film convinced many in the film industry that well-funded science-fiction projects could be successful.