movie - Why do the Martian aggressors in Robinson Crusoe on Mars look the same as those in War of the Worlds?
The Martians in the film Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) look near identical to those in War of the Worlds (1953).
Was this a deliberate story element, an artifact of production such a cost-saving (they have the same director), or something else?
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Answer
According to the IMDB:
The Martian spacecraft are left-overs from The War of the Worlds. Director Byron Haskin was involved in both projects, although George Pal is often given sole credit for the earlier classic.
Props in Hollywood are often stored and repurposed in other movies after getting a new skin.
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