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The War of the Worlds

A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.

Director

Byron Haskin

Year

Genre

action, sci-fi, thriller

Box Office

N/A

Production

N/A

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 2 nominations total

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Dr. Clayton Forrester

Sylvia Van Buren

Maj. Gen. Mann

Dr. Pryor

Robert Cornthwaite

Dr. Bilderbeck

Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins

Gen. Mann's Aide (as Housely Stevenson Jr.)

Houseley Stevenson Jr.

Second Radio Reporter

Wash Perry

Col. Ralph Heffner

Cop at Crash Site

Salvatore

Commentary

Cedric Hardwicke

Pine Summit Fire Watcher

Man

Brigadier General

Mother

Prof. McPherson

Dr. Carmichael

Alonzo Hogue

Man in Church

Man in Church

Screaming Woman

Man in Church

Chet Brandenburg

Soldier

George Bruggeman

Woman in Church

Boy in Final Church

Burning Soldier at Pit

Looter

Dr. Duprey

Spanish Priest

Man at Pacific Institute of Science and Technology

Rev. Bethany

Marine Sergeant

First Radio Reporter

Vittorio Cramer

Frenchman

Scientist

Woman in Church

Marine Commanding Officer

Woman in Church

Buck Monahan

Civil Defense Official

Police Chief

Marine Captain

Dr. James

Bum #2 Listening to Radio

Frank Freeman Jr.

Radio Listener

Martian

Well-Dressed Looter

Man in Church

Looter

Looter

Worker Listening to Radio

Young Wife

Girl

KGEB Reporter

Staff Sergeant

Douglas Henderson

Elderly News Vendor

Gertrude Hoffman

Man in Church

Party Guest

Girl

Patricia Iannone

Reporter

Worker Listening to Radio

Michael Jeffers

Man in Church

Blonde Party Guest

Colonel

Fiddler Hawkins

Dr. Gratzman

Secretary of Defense

Chief of Staff

Official

Traffic Cop

Townsman

Man

Military Policeman in Jeep

Fire Chief, Crew #3

Doctor

Man in Church

Minister, First Church

P.E. Official

Reporter

Los Angeles Red Cross Official

Ralph Montgomery

Zippy

Injured Civil Defense Worker

Worker Listening to Radio

Military Officer

George Nardelli

Marine Major

Bum #1 Listening to Radio

Reporter

Walter Richards

Forest Ranger at Crash Site

Robert Rockwell

Sheriff Bogany

Air Force Bomber Pilot

Man in Church

Allen D. Sewall

Woman in Church

Old Woman

Looter

Japanese Diplomat

Military Officer

Reginald Lal Singh

Deputy at Crash Site

Man in Church

Marine Captain

Charles Stewart

Looter

Elderly Man

Reporter

Morton C. Thompson

Party Guest

Looter

Dale Van Sickel

Elderly Woman at Square Dance

Cameraman

Military Police Driver

Military Officer

Worker Listening to Radio

Chalky Williams

Boy

Waldon Williams

Rescuing Civil Defense Worker

Marine Lieutenant

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Dr Clayton Forrester Commentary Radio Reporter Salvatore Wash Perry Marine Commanding Officer Marine Sergeant Spanish Priest Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins Col. Ralph Heffner Sheriff Bogany First Radio Reporter Dr. James Soldier Reporter Well-dressed Looter Alonzo Hogue Sylvia Van Buren

All over the world - The War of the Worlds

All over the world

They are living creatures out there - The War of the Worlds

They are living creatures out there

But their not human - The War of the Worlds

But their not human

And for the first time in the history of man - The War of the Worlds

And for the first time in the history of man

Across the gulf of space on the planet Mars - The War of the Worlds

Across the gulf of space on the planet Mars

Mars is more than 140 million miles from the sun - The War of the Worlds

Mars is more than 140 million miles from the sun

- Is that a fireball or somethin'?
- Boy, that's big! - The War of the Worlds

- Is that a fireball or somethin'? - Boy, that's b...

- Wonder where it lit?
- Miles away, I bet you. - The War of the Worlds

- Wonder where it lit? - Miles away, I bet you.

Over here. This way. - The War of the Worlds

Over here. This way.

Are they sure it's a meteor - The War of the Worlds

Are they sure it's a meteor

Did you see it come down - The War of the Worlds

Did you see it come down

Boy, you could fry eggs on that thing! - The War of the Worlds

Boy, you could fry eggs on that thing!

What you got in here, fella?
Tickin' like a bomb. - The War of the Worlds

What you got in here, fella? Tickin' like a bomb.

It's that meteor. - The War of the Worlds

It's that meteor.

Almost cold now, ain't it? - The War of the Worlds

Almost cold now, ain't it?

Hey! - The War of the Worlds

It's a bomb. - The War of the Worlds

It don't go off last night - The War of the Worlds

It don't go off last night

- Thank you, Dr. Forrester. You having fun?
- Yup. - The War of the Worlds

- Thank you, Dr. Forrester. You having fun? - Yup.

- Must be somebody in there.
- Who? - The War of the Worlds

- Must be somebody in there. - Who?

If it's men from Mars...
we ought to let them know we're friendly. - The War of the Worlds

If it's men from Mars... we ought to let them know we&#...

What are we going to say to them? - The War of the Worlds

What are we going to say to them?

Welcome to California - The War of the Worlds

Welcome to California

- We're friends!
- Yeah! - The War of the Worlds

- We're friends! - Yeah!

Where's the fuse box? - The War of the Worlds

Where's the fuse box?

Oh, look! Oh! - The War of the Worlds

Hey, that needle isn't pointing north! - The War of the Worlds

Hey, that needle isn't pointing north!

- Sheriff, what's going on?
- I don't know anymore than you do, Joe. - The War of the Worlds

- Sheriff, what's going on? - I don't know anymore...

The power lines are down.
That explains why the lights went out. - The War of the Worlds

The power lines are down. That explains why the lights went ...

People in town started to follow us. - The War of the Worlds

People in town started to follow us.

What is that gizmo? - The War of the Worlds

What is that gizmo?

What is that gizmo - The War of the Worlds

What is that gizmo

They're after the plane with their ray! - The War of the Worlds

They're after the plane with their ray!

Here we are in — - The War of the Worlds

Here we are in —

They cut me off - The War of the Worlds

They cut me off

When you go to a square dance - The War of the Worlds

When you go to a square dance

Any news from abroad - The War of the Worlds

Any news from abroad

Making groups of threes joined magnetically - The War of the Worlds

Making groups of threes joined magnetically

They'll probably move at dawn - The War of the Worlds

They'll probably move at dawn

Look at it, will you? - The War of the Worlds

Look at it, will you?

Beings from another world - The War of the Worlds

Beings from another world

- Is that some kind of a flying machine?
- No, no. - The War of the Worlds

- Is that some kind of a flying machine? - No, no.

But, colonel, shooting's no good. - The War of the Worlds

But, colonel, shooting's no good.

Target as indicated.
Repeat. Target as indicated. - The War of the Worlds

Target as indicated. Repeat. Target as indicated.

The 753 report
they've got them under open sights, sir. - The War of the Worlds

The 753 report they've got them under open sights, sir.

Let 'em have it - The War of the Worlds

Let 'em have it

Those shells can't get through to them. - The War of the Worlds

Those shells can't get through to them.

That skeleton beam must be what
they used to wipe out the French city. - The War of the Worlds

That skeleton beam must be what they used to wipe out the Fr...

That skeleton beam must be what they used to wipe out the French cities - The War of the Worlds

That skeleton beam must be what they used to wipe out the...

Order all command posts, - The War of the Worlds

Order all command posts,

You'll hit something. Can't you go higher? - The War of the Worlds

You'll hit something. Can't you go higher?

...all about the Martian invasion. - The War of the Worlds

...all about the Martian invasion.

The way he's hedging maybe the army didn't hold them - The War of the Worlds

The way he's hedging maybe the army didn't hold...

The way he's hedging - The War of the Worlds

The way he's hedging

I'd say our effective losses were nearly sixty percent men - The War of the Worlds

I'd say our effective losses were nearly sixty percent...

Are you all right? - The War of the Worlds

Are you all right?

They seem to murder everything that moves - The War of the Worlds

They seem to murder everything that moves

If they're mortal - The War of the Worlds

If they're mortal

I feel like I did one time when I was small - The War of the Worlds

I feel like I did one time when I was small

It was Uncle Matthew who found me. - The War of the Worlds

It was Uncle Matthew who found me.

- How long was I out?
- Hours. Oh, I've been so scared. - The War of the Worlds

- How long was I out? - Hours. Oh, I've been so scared.

There's a machine standing
right alongside of us. - The War of the Worlds

There's a machine standing right alongside of us.

An electronic eye. - The War of the Worlds

An electronic eye.

Maybe they're not too sure we're here. - The War of the Worlds

Maybe they're not too sure we're here.

Something moved out there. - The War of the Worlds

Something moved out there.

They've blocked it. - The War of the Worlds

They've blocked it.

Your scarf. - The War of the Worlds

As more of their cylinders came from the mysterious depths of space - The War of the Worlds

As more of their cylinders came from the mysterious depths...

The stream of flight rose swiftly to a torrent - The War of the Worlds

The stream of flight rose swiftly to a torrent

They may be mental giants but - The War of the Worlds

They may be mental giants but

Evidently there's a shift
in their spectrum. - The War of the Worlds

Evidently there's a shift in their spectrum.

Time to get started, gentlemen. - The War of the Worlds

Time to get started, gentlemen.

If you're interested in Martian blood - The War of the Worlds

If you're interested in Martian blood

Hello, tower, this is Air Force
flying wing ready for takeoff. Over. - The War of the Worlds

Hello, tower, this is Air Force flying wing ready for takeof...

The target for the A bomb is this nest of Martian machines in the Puente Hills - The War of the Worlds

The target for the A bomb is this nest of Martian machines...

All radio is dead - The War of the Worlds

All radio is dead

Bilderbeck has calculated
how long we have got, - The War of the Worlds

Bilderbeck has calculated how long we have got,

Attention, please.
Two minutes to bomb time. - The War of the Worlds

Attention, please. Two minutes to bomb time.

Hello! - The War of the Worlds

Bombs they're like toys against them - The War of the Worlds

Bombs they're like toys against them

We know now that we can't beat their machines - The War of the Worlds

We know now that we can't beat their machines

We know now we can't beat their machines - The War of the Worlds

We know now we can't beat their machines

Everybody, listen carefully. - The War of the Worlds

Everybody, listen carefully.

Come on, come on. - The War of the Worlds

Come on, come on.

Keep them rolling, there. Keep going. - The War of the Worlds

Keep them rolling, there. Keep going.

Gratzman, did you get those biotics? - The War of the Worlds

Gratzman, did you get those biotics?

Let me up. - The War of the Worlds

Here comes another truck! - The War of the Worlds

Here comes another truck!

Quick! Help me! We've got to stop them! - The War of the Worlds

Quick! Help me! We've got to stop them!

Those instruments - The War of the Worlds

Those instruments

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A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.

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Director: Byron Haskin

Writer: H.G. Wells, Barré Lyndon

Production: N/A

Genre: action, sci-fi, thriller

Year: 1953

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 26 Aug 1953

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 2 nominations total

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Also watch: 20, 000 Years in Sing Sing, War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave, Robinson Crusoe, The Satan Bug, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Amour Fou, Angel Face, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Shane, An Inspector Calls, When Worlds Collide, Freaky Friday, It Came from Outer Space, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms