The War of the Worlds
“Mighty panorama of Earth-shaking fury as an army from Mars invades!”
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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Cast
117 people
Gene Barry
Clayton Forrester
Known for
War of the Worlds
Thunder Road
Ann Robinson
Sylvia Van Buren
Known for
War of the Worlds
Imitation of Life
Lewis Martin
Matthew Collins
Known for
Ace in the Hole
Witness to Murder
Les Tremayne
General Mann
Known for
North by Northwest
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
Frank Kreig
Fiddler Hawkins (uncredited)
Known for
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Vernon Rich
Ralph Heffner
Also in
I've Lived Before
Ten North Frederick
Sandro Giglio
Dr. Bilderbeck
Known for
When Worlds Collide
The Rose Tattoo
Ann Codee
Dr. Duprey (uncredited)
Known for
Lured
Kiss Me Kate
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Pryor
Known for
The Thing from Another World
Monkey Business
Cedric Hardwicke
Commentary (voice)
Known for
Rope
Suspicion
Houseley Stevenson Jr.
General Mann's Aide
Known for
The Caddy
Barré Lyndon
Screenplay
Byron Haskin Director · Barré Lyndon Screenplay H. G. Wells Author
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $2M · United States release August 13, 1953
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Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Czech · English · German · Hindi · Italian · Spanish
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 3, 1953
Premiere · London
United States · August 13, 1953
Theatrical
United States
July 29, 1953 · Premiere · Atlantic City, New Jersey
August 31, 1977 · Theatrical · San Francisco, California (re-release)
Argentina
December 29, 1954 · Theatrical
Australia
March 11, 1954 · Theatrical
Austria
February 1, 1954 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 25, 1953 · Theatrical · IMDB
Canada
October 30, 1953 · Theatrical
Czechia
September 2, 2009 · Physical · DVD premiere
Denmark
April 7, 1954 · Theatrical
Finland
November 6, 1953 · Theatrical
Germany
January 6, 1954 · Theatrical
February 1, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Berlin International Film Festival
Greece
November 15, 2005 · Physical · DVD premiere
Italy
January 28, 1954 · Theatrical
Japan
September 1, 1953 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 10, 1969 · Limited theatrical · Cinétol Science-Fiction Festival
October 2, 2002 · TV · RTL 5
July 6, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Norway
January 7, 1954 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 10, 1953 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 9, 1953 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 3, 1953 · Theatrical · London
September 3, 1953 · Theatrical · Rated X
September 30, 1986 · Physical
September 7, 2005 · Physical
September 14, 2005 · Physical
September 19, 2005 · Physical
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