Movie Description
The War of the Worlds
(1953)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Byron Haskin
- Producer : George Pal
- Editor : Everett Douglas
- Cast : Gene Barry,Ann Robinson,Lewis Martin,Les Tremayne,Frank Kreig,Vernon Rich,Sandro Giglio,Ann Codee,Robert Cornthwaite,Cedric Hardwicke,Houseley Stevenson Jr.,William Phipps,Jack Kruschen,Paul Birch,Paul Frees,Henry Brandon,Peter Adams,Eric Alden,Hugh Allen,Ruth Barnell,Edgar Barrier,Russ Bender,Oscar Blank,Hazel Boyne,Chet Brandenburg,George Bruggeman,Nora Bush,Tony Butala,Mushy Callahan,Dick Cherney,Edward Colmans,James Conaty,Russ Conway,Martin Coulter,Vittorio Cramer,Pierre Cressoy,Oliver Cross,Jane Crowley,Jim Davies,Helen Dickson,Ralph Dumke,Jimmie Dundee,Al Ferguson,Dick Fortune,Alex Frazer,Frank Freeman Jr.,Slim Gaut,Charles Gemora,Ned Glass,Jack Gordon,Fred Graham,Joe Gray,Herman Hack,Nancy Hale,Virginia Hall,Ted Hecht,Douglas Henderson,Gertrude Hoffmann,Tex Holden,Jimmie Horan,Patricia Iannone,Jerry James,Michael Jeffers,Dick Johnstone,Carolyn Jones,Don Kohler,Ivan Lebedeff,Freeman Lusk,Herbert Lytton,Wilbur Mack,George Magrill,Mike Mahoney,John Mansfield,Joel Marston,Sydney Mason,John Maxwell,Mathew McCue,David McMahon,William Meader,Lee Miller,Ralph Montgomery,Alvy Moore,Bob Morgan,Charles Morton,George Nardelli,Stanley Orr,George Pal,Walter Richards,Robert Rockwell,Walter Sande,James Seay,Allen D. Sewall,Lucile Sewall,Cora Shannon,David Sharpe,Teru Shimada,Reginald Lal Singh,Bobby Somers,Bert Stevens,Charles Stewart,Jack Stoney,Gus Taillon,Morton C. Thompson,Arthur Tovey,Dale Van Sickel,Dorothy Vernon,Anthony Warde,Bob Whitney,Chalky Williams,Waldon Williams,Bud Wolfe,Fred Zendar
Cast
Dr. Clayton Forrester
Sylvia Van Buren
Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins
Maj. Gen. Mann
Fiddler Hawkins (uncredited)
Col. Ralph Heffner
Dr. Bilderbeck
Dr. Duprey (uncredited)
Dr. Pryor (as Bob Cornthwaite)
Commentary (voice) (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Gen. Mann's Aide (as Housely Stevenson Jr.)
Wash Perry (as Bill Phipps)
Salvatore
Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
Cop at Crash Site
Pine Summit Fire Watcher (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Brigadier General (uncredited)
Mother (uncredited)
Prof. McPherson (uncredited)
Dr. Carmichael (uncredited)
Man in Church (uncredited)
Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Man in Church (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Woman in Church (uncredited)
Boy in Final Church (uncredited)
Burning Soldier at Pit (uncredited)
Looter (uncredited)
Spanish Priest (uncredited)
Man at Pacific Institute of Science and Technology (uncredited)
Rev. Bethany (uncredited)
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
First Radio Reporter (uncredited)
Frenchman (uncredited)
Scientist (uncredited)
Woman in Church (uncredited)
Marine Commanding Officer (uncredited)
Woman in Church (uncredited)
Buck Monahan (uncredited)
Civil Defense Official (uncredited)
Police Chief (uncredited)
Marine Captain (uncredited)
Dr. James (uncredited)
Bum #2 Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Radio Listener (uncredited)
Martian (uncredited)
Well-Dressed Looter (uncredited)
Man in Church (uncredited)
Looter (uncredited)
Looter (uncredited)
Worker Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Young Wife (uncredited)
Girl (uncredited)
KGEB Reporter (uncredited)
Staff Sergeant (uncredited)
Elderly News Vendor (uncredited)
Man in Church (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Girl (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Worker Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Man in Church (uncredited)
Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)
Colonel (uncredited)
Dr. Gratzman (uncredited)
Secretary of Defense (uncredited)
Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Official (uncredited)
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Military Policeman in Jeep (uncredited)
Fire Chief, Crew #3 (uncredited)
Doctor (uncredited)
Man in Church (uncredited)
Minister, First Church (uncredited)
P.E. Official (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Los Angeles Red Cross Official (uncredited)
Zippy (uncredited)
Injured Civil Defense Worker (uncredited)
Worker Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Military Officer (uncredited)
Marine Major (uncredited)
Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Forest Ranger at Crash Site (uncredited)
Sheriff Bogany (uncredited)
Air Force Bomber Pilot (uncredited)
Man in Church (uncredited)
Woman in Church (uncredited)
Old Woman (uncredited)
Looter (uncredited)
Japanese Diplomat (uncredited)
Military Officer (uncredited)
Deputy at Crash Site (uncredited)
Man in Church (uncredited)
Marine Captain (uncredited)
Looter (uncredited)
Elderly Man (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Looter (uncredited)
Elderly Woman at Square Dance (uncredited)
Military Police Driver (uncredited)
Military Officer (uncredited)
Worker Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Rescuing Civil Defense Worker (uncredited)
Marine Lieutenant (uncredited)
Posters
Recommendations
Robinson Crusoe
6.2
Whirlpool
5.8
Apocrypha
4.5
The Satan Bug
6.2
The Lulus
6.1
Them!
6.825
Angel Face
7.1
Facts
Original TitleThe War of the Worlds
Status Released
Release Information
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1953-08-13
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 25m
Budget₹ 2000000
Revenue₹ 2000000
Production CompaniesParamount Pictures
Genres
- Science Fiction
- Action
