War of the Worlds (1953) The Last Detail Anthony Michael Hall

Anthony Michael Hall

Bruce Boxleitner

Year poster printed: 2009 (first theatrical release in Japan)

printed in 1965 to promote a theatrical re-release of Broken Lance

War of the Worlds (1953) The Last Detail Anthony Michael HallThis is an original, unfolded, Style B half sheet movie poster from 1953 for the initial, theatrical release of The War of the Worlds starring Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite, Lewis Martin, and Ann Codee. Byron Haskin directed the classic science fiction film based on the novel by H. G. Wells. Most posters for the initial ad campaign of War of the Worlds featured a giant alien hand but not the trademark, alien spacecraft