The Night That Panicked America

1975    1h 32m
7.072%
The true story of the night that Orson Welles broadcast his version of H.G. Welles' classic ''The War of the Worlds'' on the radio. It was designed to be as realistic as possible, and it worked--many people were fooled into thinking that an alien invasion was actually happening.
Directed By
Joseph Sargent
Studio
The Culzean Corporation, Paramount Television Studios, Paramount Television

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Cast of The Night That Panicked America
  • 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
  • Art HannesMercury 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)

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