Gene Barry

The War of the Worlds -- The film adaptation of the H.G.Wells story told on radio of the invasion of Earth by Martians.

Cold War rivalries fuel this action saga starring Gene Barry as Casey Reed, a U.S. covert agent dispatched to Hong Kong in an attempt to rescue an Arab prince kidnapped by the Soviets for strategic reasons. Posing as a lounge singer for the operation, Reed picks up the trail of the prince but is then captured by enemy agents. Now, Reed will have to think fast if he and his royal buddy are to remain alive and prevent further mayhem.

H.G. Wells' chilling novel of a Martian invasion of Earth becomes even more frightening in this 1952 film adaptation that's widely regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. An Oscar. winner for Best Special Effects, The War of the Worlds delivers eye-popping thrills, laser-hot action and unrelenting, edge-of-your-seat suspense. No one who has seen the film's depiction of the swan-shaped Martian machines-ticking and hissing menacingly as they cut their path of destruction-will ever forget their ominous impact!

In 1945, British official Roger Halyard (Leo Genn) is distraught upon learning that 1,500 Marines are about to land on the isolated South Pacific island where he's raised his daughters Hester (Audrey Dalton), Violet (Joan Elan) and Gloria (Dorothy Bromiley) away from hectic modern society. The girls are pursued by the lonely Marines, and while one sister falls for a two-timer, another enjoys being a flirt and the third finds true love.