
The Night That Panicked America
Drama · TV Movie
Overview
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
Top Cast


Vic Morrow
Vic Morrow
Hank Muldoon
Vic Morrow
Hank Muldoon


Cliff DeYoung
Cliff DeYoung
Stefan Grubowski
Cliff DeYoung
Stefan Grubowski


Michael Constantine
Michael Constantine
Jess Wingate
Michael Constantine
Jess Wingate


Walter McGinn
Walter McGinn
Paul Stewart
Walter McGinn
Paul Stewart


Eileen Brennan
Eileen Brennan
Ann Muldoon
Eileen Brennan
Ann Muldoon


Meredith Baxter
Meredith Baxter
Linda Davis
Meredith Baxter
Linda Davis


Tom Bosley
Tom Bosley
Norman Smith
Tom Bosley
Norman Smith


Will Geer
Will Geer
Reverend Davis
Will Geer
Reverend Davis


Paul Shenar
Paul Shenar
Orson Welles
Paul Shenar
Orson Welles


John Ritter
John Ritter
Walter Wingate
John Ritter
Walter Wingate
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