The Night That Panicked America

The Night That Panicked America
1975DramaTV Movie92 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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

  • Joseph Sargent

    Director

  • Jules Brenner

    Director of Photography

  • Vic Morrow

    Hank Muldoon

  • Cliff DeYoung

    Stefan Grubowski

  • Michael Constantine

    Jess Wingate

  • Walter McGinn

    Paul Stewart

  • Eileen Brennan

    Ann Muldoon

  • Meredith Baxter

    Linda Davis (as Meredith Baxter Birney)

  • Tom Bosley

    Norman Smith

  • Will Geer

    Reverend Davis

  • Paul Shenar

    Orson Welles

  • John Ritter

    Walter Wingate

  • Granville Van Dusen

    Carl Phillips

  • Burton Gilliam

    Tex

  • Joshua Bryant

    Howard Koch

  • Liam Dunn

    Charlie

  • Shelley Morrison

    Toni

  • Walker Edmiston

    Mercury Theatre Player

  • Marcus J. Grapes

    Mercury Theatre Player

  • Art Hannes

    Mercury Theatre Player

  • Casey Kasem

    Mercury Theatre Player

  • Ron Rifkin

    Mercury Theatre Player

  • Byron Webster

    Harrison

  • Clarke Gordon

    Matlock

  • Linda Dano

    Secretary

  • Tracy Brooks Swope

    Kelly

  • Hanna Landy

    Maid (as Hanna Hertelendy)

  • Robert Lussier

    Arnie

  • Ed Bakey

    Vanderhoff

  • Bob Harks

    News Vendor (uncredited)

  • Michelle Stacy

    Hank Muldoon's Daughter (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    92 minutes

    Released

    1975-10-31

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Paramount Television Studios

    The Culzean Corporation

    Updated

    905 days ago

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