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The War of the Worlds
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Directed By
Byron Haskin
Written By
H.G. Wells
based on the novel by
Barré Lyndon
screenplay by
Cast
Gene Barry
Dr. Clayton Forrester
Ann Robinson
Sylvia Van Buren
Les Tremayne
Maj. Gen. Mann
Robert Cornthwaite
Dr. Pryor
Sandro Giglio
Dr. Bilderbeck
Lewis Martin
Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins
Houseley Stevenson Jr.
Gen. Mann's Aide
Paul Frees
Second Radio Reporter / Opening Announcer
William Phipps
Wash Perry
Vernon Rich
Col. Ralph Heffner
Henry Brandon
Cop at Crash Site
Jack Kruschen
Salvatore
Cedric Hardwicke
Commentary
Peter Adams
Pine Summit Fire Watcher
Eric Alden
Man
Hugh Allen
Brigadier General
Ruth Barnell
Mother
Edgar Barrier
Prof. McPherson
Russ Bender
Dr. Carmichael
Paul Birch
Alonzo Hogue
Oscar Blank
Man in Church
Nick Borgani
Man in Church
Hazel Boyne
Screaming Woman
Chet Brandenburg
Man in Church
George Bruggeman
Soldier
Nora Bush
Woman in Church
Tony Butala
Boy in Final Church
Mushy Callahan
Burning Soldier at Pit
Dick Cherney
Looter
Ann Codee
Dr. Duprey
Edward Colmans
Spanish Priest
James Conaty
Man at Pacific Institute of Science and Technology
Russ Conway
Rev. Bethany
Martin Coulter
Marine Sergeant
Vittorio Cramer
First Radio Reporter
Pierre Cressoy
Frenchman
Oliver Cross
Scientist
Jane Crowley
Woman in Church
Jim Davies
Marine Commanding Officer
Helen Dickson
Woman in Church
Ralph Dumke
Buck Monahan
Jimmie Dundee
Civil Defense Official
Al Ferguson
Police Chief
Dick Fortune
Marine Captain
Alex Frazer
Dr. James
Frank Freeman Jr.
Bum #2 Listening to Radio
Slim Gaut
Radio Listener
Charles Gemora
Martian
Ned Glass
Well-Dressed Looter
Jack Gordon
Man in Church
Fred Graham
Looter
Joe Gray
Looter
Herman Hack
Worker Listening to Radio
Nancy Hale
Young Wife
Virginia Hall
Girl
Ted Hecht
KGEB Reporter
Douglas Henderson
Staff Sergeant
Gertrude Hoffman
Elderly News Vendor
Tex Holden
Man in Church
Jimmie Horan
Party Guest
Patricia Iannone
Girl
Jerry James
Reporter
Michael Jeffers
Worker Listening to Radio
Dick Johnstone
Man in Church
Carolyn Jones
Blonde Party Guest
Don Kohler
Colonel
Frank Kreig
Fiddler Hawkins
Ivan Lebedeff
Dr. Gratzman
Freeman Lusk
Secretary of Defense
Herbert Lytton
Chief of Staff
Wilbur Mack
Official
George Magrill
Traffic Cop
Mike Mahoney
Townsman
John Mansfield
Man
Joel Marston
Military Policeman in Jeep
Sydney Mason
Fire Chief, Crew #3
John Maxwell
Doctor
Mathew McCue
Man in Church
David McMahon
Minister, First Church
William Meader
P.E. Official
Lee Miller
Reporter
Ralph Montgomery
Los Angeles Red Cross Official
Alvy Moore
Zippy
Rex Moore
Bum
Bob Morgan
Injured Civil Defense Worker
Charles Morton
Worker Listening to Radio
George Nardelli
Military Officer
Stanley Orr
Marine Major
George Pal
Bum #1 Listening to Radio
Walter Richards
Reporter
Robert Rockwell
Forest Ranger at Crash Site
Walter Sande
Sheriff Bogany
James Seay
Air Force Bomber Pilot
Allen D. Sewall
Man in Church
Lucile Sewall
Woman in Church
Cora Shannon
Old Woman
David Sharpe
Looter
Teru Shimada
Japanese Diplomat
Reginald Lal Singh
Military Officer
Bobby Somers
Deputy at Crash Site
Produced By
Cecil B. DeMille
executive producer
Frank Freeman Jr.
associate producer
George Pal
producer
Music
Leith Stevens
Cinematography
George Barnes
director of photography
Sound
Ben Burtt
sound remix
Gene Garvin
sound recordist
Harry Lindgren
sound recordist
William M. Andrews
sound editor
Howard Beals
sound effects
Dan Johnson
sound effects
Tommy Middleton
sound effects
Lovell Norman
sound editor
Walter Oberst
sound effects
Loren L. Ryder
sound director
Editing
Everett Douglas
Art Direction
Albert Nozaki
Hal Pereira
Set Design
Sam Comer
Emile Kuri
Costumes
Edith Head
Makeup
Wally Westmore
makeup supervisor
Special Effects
Chester Pate
special effects
Bob Springfield
special effects
Ken Strickfaden
special effects electrician
A. Edward Sutherland
special effects
Barney Wolff
special effects
Visual Effects
Ivyl Burks
special photographic effects
Jan Domela
special photographic effects / matte artist
Gordon Jennings
special photographic effects
W. Wallace Kelley
special photographic effects
Paul K. Lerpae
special photographic effects
Irmin Roberts
special photographic effects
Jack Caldwell
special optical effects
Marcel Delgado
miniatures
Farciot Edouart
process photography
Walter Hoffman
special visual effects: a-bomb sequence
Aubrey Law
special optical effects
Cliff Shirpser
visual effects camera operator: Technicolor
Assistant Director
Michael D. Moore
assistant director
Production Management
Frank Caffey
production manager
Art Department
Chesley Bonestell
astronomical art
Romaine Birkmeyer
props
Ivyl Burks
props
Gordon Cole
property master
Charles Davies
props
Gene Lauritzen
construction coordinator
Milt Olson
props
Lee Vasque
props
Stunts
Mushy Callahan
stunts
Jimmie Dundee
stunts
Fred Graham
stunts
Joe Gray
stunts
George Magrill
stunts
Bob Morgan
stunts
David Sharpe
stunts
Bobby Somers
stunts
Jack Stoney
stunts
Dale Van Sickel
stunts
Bud Wolfe
stunts
Fred Zendar
stunts
Other
Monroe W. Burbank
technicolor color consultant
Chesley Bonestell
technical advisor
Gae Griffith
assistant to producer
Robert S. Richardson
technical advisor
Music Department
George Parrish
orchestrator
Costume Department
Charles Gemora
costume maker: Martian costumes
Diana Gemora
costume maker: Martian costume
Camera Department
Soldier Graham
chief gaffer
Murray Young
key grip
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