The Night That Panicked America

Joseph Sargent
1975-10-31


7.2
92 min

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

Cast

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