The Night That Panicked America

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Rating

6.9

Status

Released

Release Date1975-10-31

Runtime92 min

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

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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.

Keywords

based on true story

docudrama

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WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Friday Night Movie - "The Night That Panicked America" (Opening, 1975)

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Cast & Crew

Vic Morrow

as Hank Muldoon

Cliff DeYoung

as Stefan Grubowski

Michael Constantine

as Jess Wingate

Walter McGinn

as Paul Stewart

Eileen Brennan

as Ann Muldoon

Meredith Baxter

as Linda Davis

Tom Bosley

as Norman Smith

Will Geer

as Reverend Davis

Paul Shenar

as Orson Welles

John Ritter

as Walter Wingate

Reviews

Wuchak

Sep 23, 2024

7/10

**_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 o…

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