The War of the Worlds (1953)
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.
- Released
- 1953-04-03
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Action
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Barré Lyndon, Byron Haskin
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 743 votes
Cast
- Gene Barry as Clayton Forrester
- Ann Robinson as Sylvia Van Buren
- Lewis Martin as Matthew Collins
- Les Tremayne as General Mann
- Frank Kreig as Fiddler Hawkins (uncredited)
- Vernon Rich as Ralph Heffner
- Sandro Giglio as Dr. Bilderbeck
- Ann Codee as Dr. Duprey (uncredited)
- Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Pryor
- Cedric Hardwicke as Commentary (voice)
- Houseley Stevenson Jr. as General Mann's Aide
- William Phipps as Wash Perry