The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
Release: 1953-08-13
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 6.8
Science Fiction
Action
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Paul Frees
as Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
George Magrill
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
David McMahon
as Minister, First Church (uncredited)
George Pal
as Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Herman Hack
as Worker Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Douglas Henderson
as Staff Sergeant (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Freeman Lusk
as Secretary of Defense (uncredited)
James Seay
as Air Force Bomber Pilot (uncredited)
Edgar Barrier
as Prof. McPherson (uncredited)
Ted Hecht
as KGEB Reporter (uncredited)
John Maxwell
as Doctor (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
as Elderly Woman at Square Dance (uncredited)
Ned Glass
as Well-Dressed Looter (uncredited)
Gertrude Hoffmann
as Elderly News Vendor (uncredited)
Anthony Warde
as Military Police Driver (uncredited)
Les Tremayne
as General Mann
Russ Conway
as Rev. Bethany (uncredited)
Charles Gemora
as Martian (uncredited)
Joel Marston
as Military Policeman in Jeep (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
as Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
as Townsman (uncredited)
Cedric Hardwicke
as Commentary (voice)
Gene Barry
as Clayton Forrester
Lewis Martin
as Matthew Collins
Wilbur Mack
as Official (uncredited)
Robert Rockwell
as Forest Ranger at Crash Site (uncredited)
Eric Alden
as Man (uncredited)
Pierre Cressoy
as Frenchman (uncredited)
Nancy Hale
as Young Wife (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Fred Graham
as Looter (uncredited)
Teru Shimada
as Japanese Diplomat (uncredited)
Edward Colmans
as Spanish Priest (uncredited)
Ralph Dumke
as Buck Monahan (uncredited)
Alvy Moore
as Zippy (uncredited)
Walter Sande
as Sheriff Bogany (uncredited)
David Sharpe
as Looter (uncredited)
Bob Morgan
as Injured Civil Defense Worker (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
as Fiddler Hawkins (uncredited)
William Phipps
as Wash Perry
Paul Birch
as Alonzo Hogue (uncredited)
Carolyn Jones
as Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)
Ivan Lebedeff
as Dr. Gratzman (uncredited)
Jack Stoney
as Looter (uncredited)
Vernon Rich
as Ralph Heffner
Ann Codee
as Dr. Duprey (uncredited)
Peter Adams
as Pine Summit Fire Watcher (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
as Man in Church (uncredited)
Jack Kruschen
as Salvatore
Henry Brandon
as Cop at Crash Site
Lee Miller
as Reporter (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Man in Church (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
as Looter (uncredited)
Ann Robinson
as Sylvia Van Buren
Michael Jeffers
as Worker Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Russ Bender
as Dr. Carmichael (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
as Man in Church (uncredited)
Charles Morton
as Worker Listening to Radio (uncredited)
George Nardelli
as Military Officer (uncredited)
Sandro Giglio
as Dr. Bilderbeck
Robert Cornthwaite
as Dr. Pryor
Crew
Charles Morton
Stunts
Edith Head
Costume Design
Charles Gemora
Costumer
Fred Graham
Stunts
Dale Van Sickel
Stunts
Bob Morgan
Stunts
Chet Brandenburg
Stunts
Cecil B. DeMille
Executive Producer
George Pal
Producer
Leith Stevens
Original Music Composer
Byron Haskin
Director
H. G. Wells
Novel
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
George Magrill
Stunts
Michael D. Moore
Assistant Director
David Sharpe
Stunts
A. Edward Sutherland
Special Effects
Loren L. Ryder
Sound Director
Jack Stoney
Stunts
Herman Hack
Stunts