Watch NowThe War of the Worlds (1953)
03/04/1953 (GB)
Science Fiction, Action
1h 25m
- 68% (645 votes)
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Mighty panorama of Earth-shaking fury as an army from Mars invades!
Overview
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.
- Byron HaskinDirector
- Barré LyndonScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2,000,000
Revenue
$2,000,000
Keywords
- laser gun
- based on novel or book
- dystopia
- mountain village
- street riots
- space invasion
- radioactivity
- martian
- religion
- los angeles, california
- alien invasion
- technicolor
- scientist hero
- martian invasion
- mass evacuation
- meteor space ship
- wedge maneuver
- impenetrable force field
- martian aircraft
- three-lensed eye
- h.g. wells
Top Billed Cast
Gene Barry
Dr. Clayton Forrester
Ann Robinson
Sylvia Van Buren
Lewis Martin
Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins
Les Tremayne
Maj. Gen. Mann
Frank Kreig
Fiddler Hawkins (uncredited)
Vernon Rich
Col. Ralph Heffner
Sandro Giglio
Dr. Bilderbeck
Ann Codee
Dr. Duprey (uncredited)
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Pryor (as Bob Cornthwaite)
Cedric Hardwicke
Commentary (voice) (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
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