photos news photos news The Machine Stops 1966 50 min TV Movie, Science Fiction The future. The material needs of people are tended by the Machine, which makes their environment, in vast tunnels beneath the earth, comfortable and safe. But if the Machine stops, what then? watched want to watch oscars IMDb 7.6 director Philip Saville writer E.M. Forster news ✕ loading… photos ✕ cast Yvonne Mitchell Vashti Michael Gothard Kuno Niké Arrighi Airship Attendant J Jonathan Hansen Airship Passenger J Jane Jordan Rogers Friend (voice) L Lucy Hill Girl