Tom William Chantrell is the artist for the poster

Oliver Stone directed the historical action film

Tisha Sterling

and Alex Wiesendanger

Dean Israelite directed the film

War of the Worlds (1953) Linda Bassett Tom William Chantrell is theThis 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