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The Night That Panicked America

6.8

Released October 31, 1975Runtime 1h 32min

A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

The Culzean Corporation

Paramount Television

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Vic MorrowHank Muldoon

Cliff DeYoungStefan Grubowski

Michael ConstantineJess Wingate

Walter McGinnPaul Stewart

Eileen BrennanAnn Muldoon

Meredith BaxterLinda Davis

Tom BosleyNorman Smith

Will GeerReverend Davis

Paul ShenarOrson Welles

John RitterWalter Wingate

Granville Van DusenCarl Phillips

Burton GilliamTex

Joshua BryantHoward Koch

Liam DunnCharlie

Shelley MorrisonToni

Walker EdmistonMercury Theatre Player

Marcus J. GrapesMercury Theatre Player

Casey KasemMercury Theatre Player

Ron RifkinMercury Theatre Player

Byron WebsterHarrison

Clarke GordonMatlock

Linda DanoSecretary

Tracy Brooks SwopeKelly

Hanna LandyMaid

Robert LussierArnie

Ed BakeyVanderhoff

Bob HarksNews Vendor (uncredited)

Michelle StacyHank Muldoon's Daughter (uncredited)

Crew

Joseph SargentDirector

Jules BrennerDirector of Photography

Howard KochRadio Play

Charlie PicerniStunts

Monty ElliottArt Direction

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Reviews

**_The Martians are coming, the Martians are coming!!!_** On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles directs a radio adaptation of HG Wells' novel The War of the Worlds from forty years prior. The "breaking news" style of ominous storytelling convinced many listeners throughout America to...