(Byron Haskin, US 1953, 85 min.)

the at 9:30 p.m. CONQUEST OF SPACE

(Byron Haskin, US 1955, 80 min.)

War of the Worlds, the first of these two vintage sci-fi gems from legendary fantasy producer George Pal and genre veteran Byron Haskin, remains the definitive screen adaptation of H.G. Wells’s classic novel about visitors from Mars with not-so-good intentions. Then, in Conquest of Space, the first space voyage to Mars is placed in jeopardy by the religious beliefs of the Captain! Two films for one admission price.