Movie: H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds

Top 10 Billed Cast

Anthony Piana
Anthony Piana

The Writer / The Brother

Jack Clay
Jack Clay

Ogilvy

James Lathrop
James Lathrop

The Artillery Man

Darlene Sellers
Darlene Sellers

Mrs. Elphinstone

John Kaufman
John Kaufman

The Curate

Susan Goforth
Susan Goforth

The Wife

Meredith Laine
Meredith Laine

Audrey

Jamie Lynn Sease
Jamie Lynn Sease

Miss Elphinstone

W. Bernard Bauman
W. Bernard Bauman

Henderson

Edwin Stone
Edwin Stone

The Potman

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