Ben: It did? (To Ethan) So why didn""t you come home before now?His presence in the Edwards family potentially promotes discord, and threatens to destroy its stability.He described how he had used and collaborated with bad guy Davian, at the center of the conspiracy, to sell the valuable McGuffin object to the US"" enemies in the Middle East: "In 18 hours, the Rabbit""s Foot will be delivered to its Middle Eastern buyer, and we""ll have credible intel to prove it.A benevolent, interplanetary alien in humanoid form, Klaatu (Michael Rennie), caused a panic when he came with a message of good-will and peace, and then demanded to speak to all of the representatives of Earth""s governments.The plot twisting, witty, and suspenseful film (similar to Hitchcock""sThe 39 Steps (1935),To Catch a Thief (1955),North by Northwest (1959), and the entries in theJames Bondseries), shot on sets and on-location in Paris, is a sophisticated, yet off-balanced combination of thrills and comedy from screenwriter Peter Stone""s first film screenplay.The singing of both leads was dubbed: Jimmy Bryant for former child actor Richard Beymer, and Marni Nixon for Natalie Wood, and the vocals by Rita Moreno were enhanced by Betty Wand for "A Boy Like That".