---
title: 'The War of the Worlds (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Byron Haskin'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'West Germany'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-war-of-the-worlds-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046534/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The War of the Worlds (1953)

1953 · G · 87 min · Drama, Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller · West Germany, United States

Part of: Family Classics

## Synopsis

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. The first film adaptation of H. G. Wells' 1898 novel of the same name in which Earth is invaded by Martians, the setting is changed from Victorian era England to 1950s Southern California.
The first of two adaptations of Wells's classic science fiction filmed by Pal, The War of the Worlds won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and went on to influence other science fiction films. It is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s. In 2011, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress, who deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Byron Haskin](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-haskin)
- **Screenplay:** [H. G. Wells](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-g-wells), [Barré Lyndon](https://cinepixo.com/people/barre-lyndon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leith Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/leith-stevens)
- **Producer:** [George Pal](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-pal)
- **Director of Photography:** [George Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barnes)
- **Editor:** [Everett Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-douglas)

## Cast

- [Vittorio Cramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-cramer)
- [Paul Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frees)
- [Paul Birch](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-birch)
- [Les Tremayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/les-tremayne)
- [Lewis Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-martin)
- [Robert Cornthwaite](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-cornthwaite)
- [William Edward Phipps](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-edward-phipps)
- [Edgar Barrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-barrier)
- [Jack Kruschen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-kruschen)
- [Henry Brandon](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-brandon)
- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke)
- [Gene Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-barry)
- [Ann Codee](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-codee)
- [Ivan Lebedeff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-lebedeff)
- [Walter Sande](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-sande)

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