The War of the Worlds (1953) Poster

Ann Robinson: Sylvia Van Buren

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  • Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : I think we should try to make them understand we mean them no harm. They are living creatures out there.

    Sylvia : But they're not human. Dr. Forrester says they're some kind of advanced civilization.

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : If they're more advanced than us, they should be nearer the creator for that reason. No real attempt has been made to communicate with them, you know?

    Sylvia : Let's go back inside, Uncle Matthew.

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : I've done all I can in there. You go back. Sylvia, I like that Dr. Forrester, he's a good man.

    Soldier : Who's that? What's he think he's doing?

    Sylvia : Uncle! Uncle Matthew!

    Major General Mann : It's too late now. He's too far away.

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

    Forrester : It's seen him!

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : Thou anointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over. And I will dwell in the house of the Lord, forever.

    [Martians kill Uncle Matthew] 

    Sylvia : [scream] 

    Col. Ralph Heffner : Let'm have it!

    Soldier : Fire!

  • Sylvia : They seem to murder everything that moves.

  • Sylvia : [at site of first meteor landing]  Did you see it come down?

    Forrester : Yes, I was fishing up in the hills.

    Sylvia : Well, you must have caught plenty with all that tackle!

  • Sylvia Van Buren : But they're not human! Dr. Forrester says they're some kind of advanced civilization.

    Pastor Dr. Matthew Collins : If they're more advanced than us... they should be nearer the Creator for that reason.

  • Sylvia : I feel like I did one time when I was small-awful scared and lonesome. I'd wandered off. I've forgotten why. But the family and whole crowds of neighbors were hunting for me. They found me in a church. I was afraid to go in anyplace else. I stayed right by that door, praying for the one who loved me best to come and find me. It was Uncle Matthew who found me.

  • Dr. Pryor : Bilderbeck has calculated how long we have got until Martians take over the entire world.

    Dr. Bilderbeck : If the A-bomb fails, that is. The Martians can conquer the Earth in six days.

    Sylvia : The same number of days it took to create it.

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