The Night That Panicked America

1h 32min

Drama

TV Movie

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

Production Companies

The Culzean Corporation

Paramount Television

Cast

Vic Morrow

Vic Morrow

Hank Muldoon
Cliff DeYoung

Cliff DeYoung

Stefan Grubowski
Walter McGinn

Walter McGinn

Paul Stewart
Eileen Brennan

Eileen Brennan

Ann Muldoon
Meredith Baxter

Meredith Baxter

Linda Davis
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
Joshua Bryant

Joshua Bryant

Howard Koch
Liam Dunn

Liam Dunn

Charlie
Walker Edmiston

Walker Edmiston

Mercury Theatre Player
Marcus J. Grapes

Marcus J. Grapes

Mercury Theatre Player
Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem

Mercury Theatre Player
Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin

Mercury Theatre Player
Linda Dano

Linda Dano

Secretary
Ed Bakey

Ed Bakey

Vanderhoff
Bob Harks

Bob Harks

News Vendor (uncredited)
Michelle Stacy

Michelle Stacy

Hank Muldoon's Daughter (uncredited)

Release date

31st Oct 1975

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English