SYNOPSIS

The War of the Worlds. H.G. Well’s classic novel is brought to life is this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly. The movie itself is understood better when you consider that it was made at the height of the Cold War–just replace Martian with Russian….


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

August 26, 1953

DIRECTOR

Byron Haskin

WRITER

H.G. Wells (novel), Barr

COMPANY

Paramount Pictures

GENRE

Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

CERT

PG

RUNTIME

85 minutes

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