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The War Of The Worlds

1953, Movie, NR, 85 mins

Year: 1953
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 85
Format: Color/Black & White
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Production Co(s).: Paramount
Released By: Paramount

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Special Effects
Academy Award Nominee: Best Sound Recording - Loren L. Ryder
Academy Award Nominee: Best Film Editing - Everett Douglas

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Cast
Gene Barry: Dr. Clayton Forrester
Ann Robinson: Sylvia Van Buren
Les Tremayne: Gen. Mann
Lewis Martin: Pastor Matthew Collins
Robert Cornthwaite: Dr. Pryor
Sandro Giglio: Dr. Bilderbeck
William Phipps: Wash Perry
Paul Birch: Alonzo Hogue
Jack Kruschen: Salvatore
Vernon Rich: Col. Heffner
Houseley Stevenson Jr.: General's Aide
Paul Frees: Radio Announcer
Henry Brandon: Cop
Carolyn Jones: Bird-Brained Blonde
Pierre Cressoy: Man
John Mansfield: Man
Eric Alden: Man
Nancy Hale: Young Wife
Virginia Hall: Girl
Patricia Iannone: Girl
Walter Sande: Sheriff Bogany
Charles Gemora: Martian
Alex Frazer: Dr. Hettinger
Ann Codee: Dr. Duprey
Ivan Lebedeff: Dr. Gratzman
Robert Rockwell: Ranger
Alvy Moore: Zippy
Frank Kreig: Fiddler Hawkins
John Maxwell: Doctor
Ned Glass: Well-dressed Man During Looting
Russ Conway: Rev. Bethany
Cliff Clark: Australian Policeman
Edward Colmans: Spanish Priest
Jamesson Shade: Deacon
David McMahon: Minister
Gertrude W. Hoffman: News Vendor
Freeman Lusk: Secretary of Defense
Don Kohler: Colonel
Sydney Mason: Fire Chief
Peter Adams: Lookout
Ted Hecht: KGEB Reporter
Teru Shimada: Japanese Diplomat
Herbert Lytton: Chief of Staff
Ralph Dumke: Buck Monahan
Edgar Barrier: Prof. McPherson
Wally Richard: Reporter
Morton C. Thompson: Reporter
Jerry James: Reporter
Ralph Montgomery: Red Cross Leader
Russ Bender: Dr. Carmichael
Douglas Henderson: Staff Sergeant
Anthony Warde: MP Driver
Bud Wolfe: Big Man
Jimmie Dundee: Civil Defense Official
Joel Marston: MP
Bill Meader: P.E. Official
Al Ferguson: Police Chief
Rudy Lee: Boy
Waldon Williams: Boy
Gus Taillon: Elderly Man
Ruth Barnell: Mother
Dorothy Vernon: Elderly Woman
George Pal: Bum
Frank Freeman Jr.: Bum
Hugh Allen: Brigadier General
Stanley Orr: Marine Major
Charles J. Stewart: Marine Captain
Fred Zendar: Marine Lieutenant
Jim Davies: Marine Commanding Officer
Dick Fortune: Marine Captain
Edward Wahrman: Cameraman
Martin Coulter: Marine Sergeant
Hazel Boyne: Screaming Woman
Cora Shannon: Old Woman
Mike Mahoney: Young Man
David Sharpe: Looter
Dale Van Sickel: Looter
Fred Graham: Looter
Cedric Hardwicke: Narrator

Credits
Byron Haskin: Director
Barre Lyndon: Writer - based on the novel by H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells: Source
George Pal: Producer
George Barnes: Cinematographer - Technicolor
Everett Douglas: Editor
Leith Stevens: Musical Composer
Albert Nozaki: Art Director
Hal Pereira: Art Director
Sam Comer: Set Decorator
Emile Kuri: Set Decorator
Edith Head: Costumes
Irmin Roberts: Special Effects
Paul K. Lerpae: Special Effects
Wallace Kelly: Special Effects
Chesley Bonestell: Special Effects
Ivyl Burks: Special Effects
Jan Domela: Special Effects
Walter Hoffman: Special Effects
Gordon Jennings: Special Effects
Wally Westmore: Make Up
Fred Graham: Stunts
David Sharpe: Stunts
Dale Van Sickel: Stunts
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