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The Night That Panicked America (1975)

Genre : Drama, TV Movie

Runtime : 1H 32M

Director : Joseph Sargent

Synopsis

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

Actors

Vic Morrow
Vic Morrow
Hank Muldoon
Cliff DeYoung
Cliff DeYoung
Stefan Grubowski
Michael Constantine
Michael Constantine
Jess Wingate
Walter McGinn
Walter McGinn
Paul Stewart
Eileen Brennan
Eileen Brennan
Ann Muldoon
Meredith Baxter
Meredith Baxter
Linda Davis (as Meredith Baxter Birney)
Tom Bosley
Tom Bosley
Norman Smith
Will Geer
Will Geer
Reverend Davis
Paul Shenar
Paul Shenar
Orson Welles
John Ritter
John Ritter
Walter Wingate
Granville Van Dusen
Granville Van Dusen
Carl Phillips
Burton Gilliam
Burton Gilliam
Tex
Joshua Bryant
Joshua Bryant
Howard Koch
Liam Dunn
Liam Dunn
Charlie
Shelley Morrison
Shelley Morrison
Toni
Walker Edmiston
Walker Edmiston
Mercury Theatre Player
Marcus J. Grapes
Marcus J. Grapes
Mercury Theatre Player
Art Hannes
Art Hannes
Mercury Theatre Player
Casey Kasem
Casey Kasem
Mercury Theatre Player
Ron Rifkin
Ron Rifkin
Mercury Theatre Player
Byron Webster
Byron Webster
Harrison
Clarke Gordon
Clarke Gordon
Matlock
Linda Dano
Linda Dano
Secretary
Tracy Brooks Swope
Tracy Brooks Swope
Kelly
Hanna Landy
Hanna Landy
Maid (as Hanna Hertelendy)
Robert Lussier
Robert Lussier
Arnie
Ed Bakey
Ed Bakey
Vanderhoff
Bob Harks
Bob Harks
News Vendor (uncredited)
Michelle Stacy
Michelle Stacy
Hank Muldoon's Daughter (uncredited)

Crews

Joseph Sargent
Joseph Sargent
Director
Howard Koch
Howard Koch
Radio Play
Monty Elliott
Monty Elliott
Art Direction
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Director of Photography

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