
The War of the Worlds is a movie directed by Byron Haskin in 1953 and based on the book of the same name by H.G. Wells, first published in 1898. The movie features Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Henry Brandon, Robert Cornthwaite, Jack Kruschen, and others.
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Storyline
The story of a small town in California that becomes the first target of an invasion by Martians, who have arrived in large, heavily armed spaceships. The film follows the attempts of a scientist and his family to survive and evade the alien invaders as they attempt to take over the Earth.
Movie vs Book

Year
1953
Minutes
85
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
The War of the Worlds
Director: Byron Haskin
Country: USA
Year: 1953
Length: 1h25m
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Year
1898
Pages
192
Book Rate
7.66
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Book
The War of the Worlds
Author: H.G. Wells
Country: UK
First published in: 1898
Length: 192 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book

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TV Mini-Series by Howard Overman, Gilles Coulier, Richard Clark

TV Series by Howard Overman

Movie by Mario N. Bonassin

TV Series by Simon Kinberg

Movie by Junaid Syed
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