During the 13-Day Cuban Missle Crisis in 1962, when it seems nuclear war with the Soviet Union is imminent, a flying saucer lands in the middle of Washington DC. Out from the spaceship steps an alien humanoid, Klaatu of the planet Ummo, as well as a giant robot called "Gort." Klaatu offers the human race an ultimatum; either stop the violence or be destroyed. With the entire world in panic because of the Crisis, the United States government and a team of top scientists scramble to decide if they should listen to Klaatu or risk annihilation. The entire world waits, the fate of humanity in their hands.
