The Night That Panicked America
6.8
92 minutes
10/31/1975
Overview
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
Cast List
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
Granville Van Dusen
as Carl Phillips
Burton Gilliam
as Tex
Joshua Bryant
as Howard Koch
Liam Dunn
as Charlie
Shelley Morrison
as Toni
Walker Edmiston
as Mercury Theatre Player
Marcus J. Grapes
as Mercury Theatre Player
Casey Kasem
as Mercury Theatre Player
Ron Rifkin
as Mercury Theatre Player
Byron Webster
as Harrison
Clarke Gordon
as Matlock
Linda Dano
as Secretary
Tracy Brooks Swope
as Kelly
Hanna Landy
as Maid
Robert Lussier
as Arnie
Ed Bakey
as Vanderhoff
Bob Harks
as News Vendor (uncredited)
Michelle Stacy
as Hank Muldoon's Daughter (uncredited)