The War of the Worlds (1953)

Taglines:

They came to CONQUER the EARTH! See more »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

26 August 1953 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

La guerre des mondes See more »

Filming Locations:

City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures See more »

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Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording) (35 mm optical prints) | 3 Channel Stereo (Western Electric Multi-Track Magnetic Stereophonic) (35 mm magnetic prints)

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Black and White (newsreel archive footage before opening credits)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Trivia

The estate of H.G. Wells was so pleased with the final production that they offered George Pal his choice of any other Wells' property. Pal chose The Time Machine. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: In the farmhouse breakfast scene there is a plate with four slices of toast on the table as she is cooking the eggs. When they sit down it has disappeared. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Radio Reporter: [voiceover] In the First World War, and for the first time in the history of man, nations combined to fight against nations using the crude weapons of those days. The Second World War involved every continent on the globe, and men turned to science for new devices of warfare, which reached an unparalleled peak in their capacity for destruction. And now, fought with the terrible weapons of super-science, menacing all mankind and every creature on the Earth comes the War of the Worlds.
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Connections

Featured in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) See more »