Adapted from the iconic and genre-defining work by pioneering author H.G. Wells and brought to the screen by the directing and producing team of Byron Haskin and George Pal, respectively, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) gave life to a terrifying vision of invading martians – named by the American Film Institute among the greatest screen villains of all time.
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