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The War of the Worlds (1953)
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The film adaptation of the H.G.Wells story told on radio of the invasion of Earth by Martians. Director:Byron Haskin |
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Cast
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Ann Robinson | ... | |
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Les Tremayne | ... | |
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Robert Cornthwaite | ... |
Dr. Pryor
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Sandro Giglio | ... | |
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Lewis Martin | ... | |
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Houseley Stevenson Jr. | ... |
Gen. Mann's aide
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Paul Frees | ... |
Second Radio Reporter
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Opening Announcer
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William Phipps | ... |
Wash Perry
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Vernon Rich | ... | |
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Henry Brandon | ... |
Cop at Crash Site
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Jack Kruschen | ... | |
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Cedric Hardwicke | ... |
Commentary
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Cliff Clark | ... |
Australian Policeman
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Rudy Lee | ... |
Boy
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Storyline
H.G. Well's classic novel is brought to life is this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly. The movie itself is understood better when you consider that it was made at the height of the Cold War--just replace Martian with Russian.... Written by KC Hunt <khunt@eng.morgan.edu>
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They came to CONQUER the EARTH! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
(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 »Box Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording) (35 mm optical prints) | 3 Channel Stereo (Western Electric Multi-Track Magnetic Stereophonic) (35 mm magnetic prints)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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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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The Martian war machines were originally going to be walking tripods as they were depicted in Wells's novel, but Pal didn't know how a tripod would walk and instead went with the flying machines. See more »Goofs
Continuity: As the troops are moving in to surround the first Martian cylinder, Sylvia is serving coffee and donuts; there is an American Red Cross patch apparently sewed onto the left sleeve of her dress. After Forrester and Sylvia run for the airplane after the attack, the patch is gone, never to be seen again, though the dress is the same, and there is no indication that the patch was torn off or removed roughly in some way. 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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