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The Lux Radio Theatre version of The War of the Worlds was broadcast on the 8th of February 1955. Dana Andrews and Pat Crowley took on the roles made famous by Gene Barry and Ann Robinson in the 1953 George Pal movie and are every bit as good as their celluloid predecessors, though it's fun to hear Crowley mangle her pronunciation of the word Nuclear. The radio version is consistently faithful to the plot of the film and the pace never lets up for a moment. The sound is also superb, with the original Martian Heat Ray effect reused to great effect. Other than promoting the virtues of Lux Soap, the adaptation also served as a publicity tool for Pal's forthcoming picture, Conquest of Space, with the cast gathering at the end of the show to discuss its merits.
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