Tag: Byron Haskin

The War Of The Worlds Script

Script by:Barré Lyndon (Screenplay), H. G. Wells (Novel)
Directed by:Byron Haskin
Year:1953
IMDb:tt0046534

Plot:The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
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Treasure Island Script

Script by:Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Lawrence Edward Watkin (Screenplay)
Directed by:Byron Haskin
Year:1950
IMDb:tt0043067

Plot:Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.
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Action in the North Atlantic Script

Script by:John Howard Lawson (Screenplay), Guy Gilpatric (Story)
Directed by:Lloyd Bacon, Byron Haskin
Year:1943
IMDb:tt0035608

Plot:Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he get the ship safely to Murmansk.
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars Script

Script by:Daniel Defoe (Novel), John C. Higgins (Screenplay), Ib Melchior (Screenplay)
Directed by:Byron Haskin
Year:1964
IMDb:tt0058530

Plot:Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
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