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The Night That Panicked America( 1975)

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Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Vic Morrow

      Hank Muldoon

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      Cliff DeYoung

      Stefan Grubowski

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      Michael Constantine

      Jess Wingate

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      Walter McGinn

      Paul Stewart

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      Eileen Brennan

      Ann Muldoon

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      Meredith Baxter

      Linda Davis

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      Tom Bosley

      Norman Smith

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      Will Geer

      Reverend Davis

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      Paul Shenar

      Orson Welles

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      John Ritter

      Walter Wingate

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      Granville Van Dusen

      Carl Phillips

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      Burton Gilliam

      Tex

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      Joshua Bryant

      Howard Koch

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      Liam Dunn

      Charlie

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      Shelley Morrison

      Toni

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      Walker Edmiston

      Mercury Theatre Player

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      Marcus J. Grapes

      Mercury Theatre Player

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      Casey Kasem

      Mercury Theatre Player

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      Ron Rifkin

      Mercury Theatre Player

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      Byron Webster

      Harrison

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      Clarke Gordon

      Matlock

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      Linda Dano

      Secretary

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      Tracy Brooks Swope

      Kelly

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      Hanna Landy

      Maid

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      Robert Lussier

      Arnie

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      Ed Bakey

      Vanderhoff

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      Bob Harks

      News Vendor (uncredited)

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      Michelle Stacy

      Hank Muldoon's Daughter (uncredited)

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Mon Sep 23 2024
    **_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 take it seriously, causing a panic. The illusion of realism was reinforced by the lack of commercial interruptions, which meant that the first break didn’t come until after all of the alarming "news" had been given. A television production, “The Night that Panicked America” (1975) works well enoug...

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • based on true story
    • docudrama