The War of the Worlds (1953)
With Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Cedric Hardwicke, Les Tremayne, Edgar Barrier, Henry Brandon, Ivan Lebedeff, Jack Kruschen
Directed by Byron Haskin
The War of the Worlds (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 American science fiction thriller film directed by Byron Haskin, produced by George Pal, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. The first film adaptation of H. G. Wells' 1898 novel of the same name in which Earth is invaded by Martians, the setting is changed from Victorian era England to 1950s Southern California.
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