The War of the Worlds (1953)

1h 25min | Action, Science Fiction | Aug 13, 1953 | Released

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.

Director: Byron Haskin

Producer: George Pal

Writer(s): Barré Lyndon

Story:

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Cast (95 Members)

Les Tremayne

General Mann

Mushy Callahan

Burning Soldier at Pit (uncredited)

Jack Kruschen

Salvatore

Teru Shimada

Japanese Diplomat (uncredited)

Douglas Henderson

Staff Sergeant (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer

Ned Glass

Well-Dressed Looter (uncredited)

Carolyn Jones

Blonde party guest (uncredited)

George Pal

Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)

Henry Brandon

Cop at Crash Site

Anthony Warde

Military Police Driver (uncredited)

Looter (uncredited)

Zippy (uncredited)

Man (uncredited)

Dr. Clayton Forrester

Dr. Pryor

Dr. Bilderbeck

Prof. McPherson

Buck Monahan (uncredited)

John Maxwell

Doctor (uncredited)

James Seay

Air Force Bomber Pilot (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

Australian Policeman (scenes deleted)

Russ Conway

Rev. Bethany (uncredited)

Lewis Martin

Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins

Walter Sande

Sheriff Bogany (uncredited)

David Sharpe

Looter (uncredited)

Paul Birch

Alonzo Hogue

Russ Bender

Dr. Carmichael (uncredited)

Commentary (voice)

Wash Perry

Sylvia Van Buren

Looter (uncredited)

Elderly Woman News Vendor (uncredited)

Houseley Stevenson Jr.

Gen. Mann's aide

Stanley Orr

Marine Major (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery

Los Angeles Red Cross official (uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee

Civil Defense Official (uncredited)

Joe Gray

Looter (uncredited)

Bud Wolfe

Rescuing Civil Defense Worker (uncredited)

Ivan Lebedeff

Dr. Gratzman (uncredited)

Edward Colmans

Spanish Priest (uncredited)

Ann Codee

Dr. Duprey

David McMahon

Minister, First Church (uncredited)

Peter Adams

Pine Summit Fire Watcher (uncredited)

Joel Marston

MP in Jeep (uncredited)

Robert Rockwell

Forest Ranger at Crash Site (uncredited)

Ted Hecht

KGEB Reporter (uncredited)

Lee Miller

Reporter (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

Chief of Staff (uncredited)

Hazel Boyne

Screaming Woman (uncredited)

John Mansfield

Man (uncredited)

Don Kohler

Colonel (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney

Young Man (uncredited)

Nancy Hale

Young Wife (uncredited)

Frank Kreig

Forest Ranger Who Calls Square-Dance

Fred Zendar

Marine Lieutenant (uncredited)

Bob Morgan

Injured Civil Defense Worker (uncredited)

Jim Davies

Marine Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Rudy Lee

Boy (scenes deleted)

George Magrill

Traffic Cop (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Elderly Woman (uncredited)

Alex Frazer

Dr. James (uncredited)

Vernon Rich

Col. Ralph Heffner

William Meader

P.E. Official (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Woman in Church (uncredited)

Freeman Lusk

Secretary of Defense (uncredited)

Eric Alden

Man (uncredited)

Sydney Mason

Fire Chief, Crew #3 (uncredited)

Tony Butala

One of 3 Boys in Final Church Scene (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Police Chief (uncredited)

Jack Stoney

Looter (uncredited)

Hugh Allen

Brigadier General (uncredited)

Ruth Barnell

Mother (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Man in Church (uncredited)

James Conaty

Man at Pacific Institute of Science and Technology (uncredit...

Martin Coulter

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

Vittorio Cramer

First Radio Reporter (uncredited)

Dick Fortune

Marine Captain (uncredited)

Frank Freeman Jr.

Bum #2 Listening to Radio (uncredited)

Charles Gemora

Martian (uncredited)

Virginia Hall

Girl (uncredited)

Jimmy Horan

Party Guest (uncredited)

Patricia Iannone

Girl (uncredited)

Jerry James

Reporter (uncredited)

Mathew McCue

Man in Church (uncredited)

Walter Richards

Reporter (uncredited)

Cora Shannon

Old Woman (uncredited)

Bobby Somers

Deputy at Crash Site (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Man in Church (uncredited)

Charles Stewart

Marine Captain (uncredited)

Gus Taillon

Elderly Man (uncredited)

Morton C. Thompson

Reporter (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Party Guest (uncredited)

Edward Wahrman

Cameraman (uncredited)

Waldon Williams

Boy (uncredited)

Les Tremayne General Mann

Mushy Callahan Burning Soldier at Pit (uncredited)

Jack Kruschen Salvatore

Teru Shimada Japanese Diplomat (uncredited)

Douglas Henderson Staff Sergeant (uncredited)

Paul Frees Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer

Ned Glass Well-Dressed Looter (uncredited)

Carolyn Jones Blonde party guest (uncredited)

George Pal Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)

Henry Brandon Cop at Crash Site

Anthony Warde Military Police Driver (uncredited)

Dale van Sickel Looter (uncredited)

Alvy Moore Zippy (uncredited)

Pierre Cressoy Man (uncredited)

Gene Barry Dr. Clayton Forrester

Robert Cornthwaite Dr. Pryor

Sandro Giglio Dr. Bilderbeck

Edgar Barrier Prof. McPherson

Ralph Dumke Buck Monahan (uncredited)

John Maxwell Doctor (uncredited)

James Seay Air Force Bomber Pilot (uncredited)

Cliff Clark Australian Policeman (scenes deleted)

Russ Conway Rev. Bethany (uncredited)

Lewis Martin Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins

Walter Sande Sheriff Bogany (uncredited)

David Sharpe Looter (uncredited)

Paul Birch Alonzo Hogue

Russ Bender Dr. Carmichael (uncredited)

Cedric Hardwicke Commentary (voice)

William Phipps Wash Perry

Ann Robinson Sylvia Van Buren

Fred Graham Looter (uncredited)

Gertrude Hoffmann Elderly Woman News Vendor (uncredited)

Houseley Stevenson Jr. Gen. Mann's aide

Stanley Orr Marine Major (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery Los Angeles Red Cross official (uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee Civil Defense Official (uncredited)

Joe Gray Looter (uncredited)

Bud Wolfe Rescuing Civil Defense Worker (uncredited)

Ivan Lebedeff Dr. Gratzman (uncredited)

Edward Colmans Spanish Priest (uncredited)

Ann Codee Dr. Duprey

David McMahon Minister, First Church (uncredited)

Peter Adams Pine Summit Fire Watcher (uncredited)

Joel Marston MP in Jeep (uncredited)

Robert Rockwell Forest Ranger at Crash Site (uncredited)

Ted Hecht KGEB Reporter (uncredited)

Lee Miller Reporter (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton Chief of Staff (uncredited)

Hazel Boyne Screaming Woman (uncredited)

John Mansfield Man (uncredited)

Don Kohler Colonel (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney Young Man (uncredited)

Nancy Hale Young Wife (uncredited)

Frank Kreig Forest Ranger Who Calls Square-Dance

Fred Zendar Marine Lieutenant (uncredited)

Bob Morgan Injured Civil Defense Worker (uncredited)

Jim Davies Marine Commanding Officer (uncredited)

Rudy Lee Boy (scenes deleted)

George Magrill Traffic Cop (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon Elderly Woman (uncredited)

Alex Frazer Dr. James (uncredited)

Vernon Rich Col. Ralph Heffner

William Meader P.E. Official (uncredited)

Helen Dickson Woman in Church (uncredited)

Freeman Lusk Secretary of Defense (uncredited)

Eric Alden Man (uncredited)

Sydney Mason Fire Chief, Crew #3 (uncredited)

Tony Butala One of 3 Boys in Final Church Scene (uncredited)

Al Ferguson Police Chief (uncredited)

Jack Stoney Looter (uncredited)

Hugh Allen Brigadier General (uncredited)

Ruth Barnell Mother (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg Man in Church (uncredited)

James Conaty Man at Pacific Institute of Science and Technology (uncredit...

Martin Coulter Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

Vittorio Cramer First Radio Reporter (uncredited)

Dick Fortune Marine Captain (uncredited)

Frank Freeman Jr. Bum #2 Listening to Radio (uncredited)

Charles Gemora Martian (uncredited)

Virginia Hall Girl (uncredited)

Jimmy Horan Party Guest (uncredited)

Patricia Iannone Girl (uncredited)

Jerry James Reporter (uncredited)

Mathew McCue Man in Church (uncredited)

Walter Richards Reporter (uncredited)

Cora Shannon Old Woman (uncredited)

Bobby Somers Deputy at Crash Site (uncredited)

Bert Stevens Man in Church (uncredited)

Charles Stewart Marine Captain (uncredited)

Gus Taillon Elderly Man (uncredited)

Morton C. Thompson Reporter (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey Party Guest (uncredited)

Edward Wahrman Cameraman (uncredited)

Waldon Williams Boy (uncredited)

Crew (8 Members)

George Barnes

Director of Photography

Novel

Producer

Music

Screenplay

Editor

Director

Sound Director

George Barnes Director of Photography

H. G. Wells Novel

George Pal Producer

Leith Stevens Music

Barré Lyndon Screenplay

Everett Douglas Editor

Byron Haskin Director

Loren L. Ryder Sound Director

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The War of the Worlds (1953)

1h 25min | Action, Science Fiction | Aug 13, 1953 | Released

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