 One scene was cut from the movie before it was released. The  original script called for Klaatu to be taken to a police station by  the government man who came for him at the boarding house, not  directly to Barnharts home. At the station, men were being dragged  in from all over and questioned, and Klaatu becomes upset when he  sees how a man was beaten up by some people because they thought he  was the space man. They cut the scene because director Robert Wise  realized that the audience was interested in the Klaatu/Barnhart  meeting and the scene at the police station was unnecessary, but on  the DVD there are stills from that cut scene.