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The War of the Worlds
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
1953 · Directed by Byron Haskin · 85 min · Science Fiction · Action · 34 frames
Tagline
Mighty panorama of Earth-shaking fury as an army from Mars invades!
Crew
- Screenplay: Barré Lyndon
- Cinematography: George Barnes
- Edited by: Everett Douglas
- Music: Leith Stevens
- Produced by: George Pal
Cast
- Gene Barry as Clayton Forrester
- Ann Robinson as Sylvia Van Buren
- Lewis Martin as Matthew Collins
- Les Tremayne as General Mann
- Frank Kreig as Fiddler Hawkins (uncredited)
- Vernon Rich as Ralph Heffner
- Sandro Giglio as Dr. Bilderbeck
- Ann Codee as Dr. Duprey (uncredited)
- Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Pryor
- Cedric Hardwicke as Commentary (voice)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Hindi, German, Italian, English, Spanish
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $2,000,000
- Box office: $2,000,000
- Themes: laser gun, based on novel or book, dystopia, mountain village, street riots, space invasion, radioactivity, martian, religion, los angeles, california
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