The War of the Worlds (1953)

Review: The War of the Worlds (1953)

Director: Byron Haskin

Cast: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Lewis Martin, Les Tremayne, Frank Kreig,

Gene Barry
Gene Barry
Ann Robinson
Ann Robinson
Lewis Martin
Lewis Martin
Les Tremayne
Les Tremayne
Frank Kreig
Frank Kreig

Plot: 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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Byron Haskin&#8217;s <i>The War of the Worlds</i> (1953):<br>Criterion Blu-ray review

Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds (1953): Criterion Blu-ray review

With a spectacular 4K restoration from the original three-strip Technicolor negative, Criterion have reinstated George Pal’s The War of the Worlds (Byron Haskin, 1953) to its place at the pinnacle of 1950s science fiction. While Barre […]

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