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Feature film — 1975

The Night That Panicked America (1975)

6.91h 32mDrama — TV Movie

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

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A high-signal pick with 18 votes.

The Culzean Corporation / Paramount Television

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Director: Joseph Sargent

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Cast & crew

Vic Morrow as Hank Muldoon

Vic Morrow

Hank Muldoon

Cliff DeYoung as Stefan Grubowski

Cliff DeYoung

Stefan Grubowski

Michael Constantine as Jess Wingate

Michael Constantine

Jess Wingate

Walter McGinn as Paul Stewart

Walter McGinn

Paul Stewart

Eileen Brennan as Ann Muldoon

Eileen Brennan

Ann Muldoon

Meredith Baxter as Linda Davis

Meredith Baxter

Linda Davis

Tom Bosley as Norman Smith

Tom Bosley

Norman Smith

Will Geer as Reverend Davis

Will Geer

Reverend Davis

Paul Shenar as Orson Welles

Paul Shenar

Orson Welles

John Ritter as Walter Wingate

John Ritter

Walter Wingate

Granville Van Dusen as Carl Phillips

Granville Van Dusen

Carl Phillips

Burton Gilliam as Tex

Burton Gilliam

Tex

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