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The War of the Worlds (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 American science fiction thriller film directed by Byron Haskin, produced by George Pal, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. It is the first of several feature film adaptations of H. G. Wells' 1898 novel of the same name.
Ann Robinson (born May 25, 1929) is an American former actress and stunt horse rider, perhaps best known for her work in the science-fiction classic The War of the Worlds (1953) and in the 1954 film Dragnet, in which she starred as a Los Angeles police officer opposite Jack Webb and Ben Alexander.
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, also titled Invasion or The Worlds in War, another direct-to-DVD film adaptation, produced by The Asylum; The Great Martian War 1913–1917, an original made-for-television Canadian/British produced science fiction docudrama, first aired in 2013 on the History Channel UK during the first year of the World War I ...
Shawn Frances, critic of the film review site, You Won Cannes, praised the film writing, "Ever since the 1953 movie adaptation of War of the Worlds there have been numerous other translations of Wells' novel, even a 1988 short-lived TV series, but of all the ones I have seen the only two—yes, only two—I find worthy of repeated viewings is ...
Albert Nozaki (1 January 1912 – 16 November 2003) was a Japanese American art director who worked on various films for Paramount Pictures.He is perhaps best known for his memorable design of the Martian war machines from the 1953 film The War of the Worlds and for his Academy Award-nominated art direction on the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille epic, The Ten Commandments.
The War of the Worlds (1953 film) War of the Worlds (2005 film) War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave; War of the Worlds: Goliath; The War of the Worlds: Next Century;
War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction action-thriller film [b] directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, based on H. G. Wells' 1898 novel, The War of the Worlds. Tom Cruise stars in the main role alongside Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, and Tim Robbins, with narration by Morgan Freeman.
1955: The Lux Radio Theater: War of the Worlds, adaptation of the 1953 film. 1967: The War of the Worlds, BBC radio dramatisation using the 1950 Jon Manchip White script, 6 episodes. 1968: The War of the Worlds (1968 radio drama), WKBW radio adaptation. 1971: War of the Worlds radio broadcast, Rádio Difusora, São Luís, Brazil.