The Night That Panicked America
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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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Vic Morrow
Hank Muldoon
Known for
Combat!
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Cliff DeYoung
Stefan Grubowski
Known for
The Tommyknockers
Wild
Joseph Sargent
Also in
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Johnny Staccato
Nicholas Meyer
Also in
Deconstructing Dunning
Michael Constantine
Jess Wingate
Known for
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Thinner
Anthony Wilson
Walter McGinn
Paul Stewart
Known for
Three Days of the Condor
The Parallax View
Eileen Brennan
Ann Muldoon
Known for
Clue
Jeepers Creepers
Howard E. Koch
Also in
3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt
Smog
Meredith Baxter
Linda Davis
Known for
Family Ties
All the President's Men
Tom Bosley
Norman Smith
Known for
Happy Days
The Back-Up Plan
Will Geer
Reverend Davis
Known for
Jeremiah Johnson
The Waltons
Joseph Sargent Director · Jules Brenner Cinematographer
United States release October 31, 1975 · Produced in United States · Production Paramount Television, Paramount Television Studios
Production
The Culzean Corporation
Production
Paramount Television
Production
Paramount Television Studios
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 31, 1975
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Finland
October 27, 2008
Hungary
November 26, 1977
Italy
November 2, 1979 · RAI - Rete1
Netherlands
July 28, 1990
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