The War of the Worlds (1953) Poster

Gene Barry: Dr. Clayton Forrester

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  • Major General Mann : Pattern-wise, one lands, then two, making groups of threes joined magnetically. Is that possible?

    Dr Clayton Forrester : If they do it, it is.

  • Marine Commanding Officer : Hey, you, better get out of here.

    Dr Clayton Forrester : I'm looking for someone, a girl.

    Marine Sergeant : Come on, get in.

    Dr Clayton Forrester : She's kind of lost.

    Marine Commanding Officer : You look kind of lost.

  • Spanish Priest : Don't go, son. Stay with us.

    Dr Clayton Forrester : No, I'm looking for someone. She'll be in a church, standing by the door.

  • Dr Clayton Forrester : You might get a clue from that anemic blood.

    Duprey : Are you suggesting a biological approach?

    Dr Clayton Forrester : We know now that we can't beat their machines. We've got to beat them.

  • Major General Mann : That skeleton beam must be what they used to wipe out the French cities.

    Forrester : It neutralizes meson somehow. They're the atomic glue holding matter together. Cut across their lines of magnetic force and any object will simply cease to exist! Take my word for it, General, this type of defense is useless against that kind of power! You'd better let Washington know, fast!

  • Forrester : [to a well-dressed looter]  Did the mob grab the trucks ahead of me? Did you see anything?

    Well-Dressed Looter : I don't know what you're talking about other trucks. These mobs have been fighting on every street corner. They're all crazy!

    Forrester : Listen! This is important! There was a yellow school bus among the trucks ahead of me. A girl was driving it. Did they take that?

    Well-Dressed Looter : I don't know! If they saw it, they took it. They grab anything on wheels. You can't buy a ride anymore for the love or money!

  • Dr Clayton Forrester : We prayed for a miracle.

  • Dr Clayton Forrester : We know now we can't beat their machines. We've got to beat them.

  • Forrester : [as mob attacks his truck]  My instruments!

  • Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : I think we should try to make them understand we mean them no harm. They are living creatures out there.

    Sylvia : But they're not human. Dr. Forrester says they're some kind of advanced civilization.

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : If they're more advanced than us, they should be nearer the creator for that reason. No real attempt has been made to communicate with them, you know?

    Sylvia : Let's go back inside, Uncle Matthew.

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : I've done all I can in there. You go back. Sylvia, I like that Dr. Forrester, he's a good man.

    Soldier : Who's that? What's he think he's doing?

    Sylvia : Uncle! Uncle Matthew!

    Major General Mann : It's too late now. He's too far away.

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

    Forrester : It's seen him!

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : Thou anointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over. And I will dwell in the house of the Lord, forever.

    [Martians kill Uncle Matthew] 

    Sylvia : [scream] 

    Col. Ralph Heffner : Let'm have it!

    Soldier : Fire!

  • Forrester : If they're mortal, they must have mortal weaknesses. They'll be stopped, somehow.

  • Sheriff Bogany : What is that gizmo?

    Forrester : I'd say that gizmo is a machine from another planet.

  • Forrester : [lowering his binoculars]  This is amazing!

  • Forrester : Are they sure it's a meteor? It certainly didn't come down like one.

    3rd forest ranger : That's right... it came down in kind of spurts, didn't it?

  • Sylvia : [at site of first meteor landing]  Did you see it come down?

    Forrester : Yes, I was fishing up in the hills.

    Sylvia : Well, you must have caught plenty with all that tackle!

  • Forrester : Any news from abroad?

    Major General Mann : Washington is in constant touch with the leaders of other nations. Apparently they're coming down all over. South America; Santiago has two cylinders. They're outside London. They're in Naples. We've got them between here and Fresno, outside Sacramento, two on Long Island.

    Forrester : They're just coming down at random?

    Major General Mann : No. According to information from foreign sources, they're working to some kind of a plan. Now what it may be isn't clear yet. Simply because once they begin to move, no more news comes out of that area.

  • Major General Mann : [handing binoculars to Dr. Forrester]  Look at it will you!

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : Beings from another world.

    Major General Mann : Is that some kind of a flying machine?

    Forrester : No, no. It's supported from the ground by rays, probably some form of magnetic flux, like invisible legs. This is amazing. They must keep the opposing poles in balance and lift the machine.

    Col. Ralph Heffner : All command posts - stand by to fire!

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : But, Colonel! Shooting's no good!

    Col. Ralph Heffner : It's always been a good persuader.

  • Forrester : Sylvia!

  • Forrester : You'll never know where you end up, when you go to a square dance.

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