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Synopsis: H.G. Well's classic novel is brought to life in this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly. The movie itself is understood better when you consider that it was made at the height of the Cold War--just replace Martian with Russian....
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director(s): Byron Haskin
Actors: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
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Year:
1953
85 min
1,297 Views

If I could find her...

- She's kind of lost.

- You look kind of lost yourself.

- But I think I know where she'll be.

- It's your last chance to get out of here.

(CHURCH CHORUS SINGS)

We humbly beseech

Thy divine guidance, O Lord.

Deliver us from the fear

which has come upon us.

From the evil that grows ever nearer.

From the terror that soon will knock

upon the very door of this, Thy house.

O Lord, we pray Thee.

Grant us the miracle

of Thy divine intervention.

(CHURCH ORGAN PLAYS)

Don't go, son. Stay with us.

No, I'm looking for someone.

She'll be in a church, near the door.

- Forrester!

- DuPrey, Bilderbeck! Are you?

- Where are the others?

- We don't know where they are.

I got knocked under our truck.

DuPrey pulled me out.

- What happened to Sylvia?

- We never did see her again.

In our peril we plead.

Succour and comfort us in this hour.

Please, God.

Sylvia!

Sylvia!

- Here! Here!

- Sylvia!

Let me through! Please!

It's quiet. Maybe they've gone away.

(SUDDEN LOUD

CRASHING SOUND)

Something's happening to them.

It's dead.

We were all praying for a miracle.

(RINGING CHURCH BELLS)

The Martians had no resistance

to the bacteria in our atmosphere.

Once they breathed our air, germs

harmless to us began to kill them.

The end came swiftly. All over the

world, their machines stopped and fell.

After all that men could do had failed,

the Martians were destroyed

and humanity saved

by the littlest things which God

in His wisdom had put upon this earth.

(CHURCH WORSHIPPERS SING)

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Barré Lyndon

Barré Lyndon (pseudonym of Alfred Edgar) (12 August 1896 – 23 October 1972) was a British playwright and screenwriter. The pseudonym was presumably taken from the title character of Thackeray's novel. Born in London, he may be best remembered for three screenplays from the 1940s: The Lodger (1944), Hangover Square (1945) and The Man in Half Moon Street (1945). The latter was remade by Hammer Film Productions in 1959 as The Man Who Could Cheat Death. Lyndon began his writing career as a journalist, particularly about motor-racing, and short-story writer before becoming a playwright. His first play, The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, was made into an Edward G. Robinson film in 1939. After that success, Lyndon moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1941 to concentrate on writing for films full time. He was naturalised as a United States citizen in the United States District Court in Los Angeles as Alfred Edgar Barre Lyndon in 1952. Alfred Edgar had two sons, Roger Alvin Edgar (b. England, 1924) and Barry Davis Edgar (b. England, 1929) . more…

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