Martian Heat Ray emerges in War Of The Worlds (George Pal, 1953)

It was in 1951 that George Pal (then working on his SF movie "When Worlds Collide"), took a look through the Paramount script archive and found a pile of un-produced scripts for The War Of The Worlds. He saw the potential, but choosing to discard.... read more.

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Poster for War Of The Worlds by George Pal.	First Martian cylinder arrives.	Ann Robinson and Lewis Martin.
Ann Robinson and Gene Barry.	Martian Heat Ray prepares to fire.	Martian Heat Ray.
Martian Heat Ray fires.	Martian War Machine lifts from pit.	Martian War Machines attack.
Martian probe.	Ann Robinson and Gene Barry.	Dying Martian.
Martian Heat Ray emerges.	The Surface Of Mars by Chesney Bonestell.	Italian Lobby Card 1.
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1968 Robinson Crusoe On Mars. The Martian war machines from the George Pal movie are the foe for an astronaut stranded on Mars.

1975 War Of The Worlds TV Series by George Pal. Who knew that George Pal once planned a television series spin off from his 1953 movie?.