↓IMDBトリビアより The Flying Wing depicted in the movie is the Northrop YB-49. Two were built and both crashed. Stock footage was used in the movie.
2機とも墜落していた。記録映像を使用。
ヒロインがタバコを吸う。主人公は吸わない。
Reportedly, George Pal wanted to do the final third of the movie in 3-D, starting with the sequence in which the atomic bomb is used unsuccessfully against the Martians.
Both Cecil B. DeMille and Alfred Hitchcock were considered for directors. ↑ヒチコック版はちょっと見たかったなあ。
Orson Welles, who rose to prominence with his "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast of Halloween, 1938, was pressured into making this his first feature film, but he wanted no part of it. ↑ オーソン・ウェルズにも話が行った。
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男:She'll be in a church, standing by the door. ※このdoorには多分、宗教的な意味もあるのだろう。
男: We prayed for a miracle.
Target as indicated.=目標は指示通り
They are living creatures.
If they more advanced than us, they should be nearer Creator. ↑進歩した生き物なら、より神の存在に誓いに違いない。 こういう発想が面白い。神がこの世を作ったのと同じ日数で 地球を征服するという台詞もあった。
No attempt has been made to communicate with them.
Through I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil. Thou anointest my head with oil . My cup runneth over and I will dwell in the house of Lord forever. 詩編二三編 「たとい我死の谷を歩むとも災いを恐れじ・・・・・」