The War of the Worlds (1953)

6.6	Listal rating
7.2	IMDB rating

Sci-fi (9), War (3), Aliens (3), Drama (3), Alien Invasion (3), 1953 (2), Horror (2), Alien (2), Classic (2), Invasion (2), Alien Civilization (1), Space (1), Desertion (1), 1950s (1), Religious Overtones (1), Destruction (1), Exploding Car (1), Biological Warfare (1), Death Ray (1), Cult Classic (1)

Description

Martian invade Earth in this 1953 adaptation of H.G. Wells' chilling novel. H. G. Wells' sci-fi classic about the invasion of Planet Earth by aggressive creatures from Mars. Arriving in green-glowing spaceships shaped like metallic ... Full Descriptionstingrays, the Martians blast their atomizing death beams through most o ... (more)

Directed by

Byron Haskin

Starring (View all) :

Gene Barry

Dr. Clayton Forrester

Sylvia Van Buren

Maj. Gen. Mann

Dr. Pryor

Dr. Bilderbeck

Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins

Houseley Stevenson Jr.

Gen. Mann's aide

Paul Frees

Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer

William Phipps

Wash Perry

Vernon Rich

Col. Ralph Heffner

Written by (View all) :

H.G. Wells

(novel)

Barré Lyndon

(screenplay)

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