The War of the Worlds
Mighty panorama of Earth-shaking fury as an army from Mars invades!
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8/13/1953Runtime
85 minsGenres
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$2,000,000Revenue
$2,000,000Homepage
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A tense, visually spectacular invasion film that builds from small-town curiosity to existential panic as an unstoppable alien force methodically destroys everything in its path. The mounting sense of humanity's helplessness against superior technology gives way to something more profound about what we rely on when all defenses fail.
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Heads up
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)
Houseley Stevenson Jr.
Gen. Mann's Aide (as Housely Stevenson Jr.)
William Phipps
Wash Perry (as Bill Phipps)
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