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The War of the Worlds (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 American science fiction thriller film directed by Byron Haskin, produced by George Pal, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. It is the first of several feature film adaptations of H. G. Wells ' 1898 novel of the same name.
The War of the Worlds: Directed by Byron Haskin. With Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite. A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
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- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Byron Haskin
- 1953-08-26
War Of The Worlds, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Halfway To Pomona! Narration by Cedric Hardwicke surveys the solar system, and a fireball lands in California where Sylvia (Ann Robinson) and Pastor Collins (Lewis Martin) are attending a picture by C.B. DeMille, who owned and licensed the film rights to the original H.G. Wells story, in producer George Pal's The War Of The Worlds, 1953.
- Ron Haskin, Michael D. Moore
- Gene Barry
Albert Nozaki. Edited by. Everett Douglas. Costumes. Edith Head. A mysterious, meteorlike object has landed in a small California town. All clocks have stopped. A fleet of glowing green UFOs hovers menacingly over the entire globe. The Martian invasion of Earth has begun, and it seems that nothing—neither military might nor the scientific ...
- Dr. Clayton Forrester
Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/23 Full Review Taylor L The War of the Worlds won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects in 1953. It was also the only nominee, but still ...
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- Gene Barry
Scientist Clayton Forrester and Sylvia Van Buren are the first to arrive at the site of a meteorite crash. Soon after, an alien war machine emerges and begins killing at random. The Marines are called in, but they're no match for the aliens' force field. Forrester and Van Buren, however, are able to wound one of the creatures and procure a ...
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The War of the Worlds is a 1953 American science fiction thriller film directed by Byron Haskin, produced by George Pal, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. It is the first of several feature film adaptations of H. G. Wells' 1898 novel of the same name. The setting is changed from Victorian era England to 1953 Southern California. Earth is suddenly invaded by Martians, and American ...
