The Night That Panicked America

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

Drama TV Movie

Vic Morrow

(Hank Muldoon)

Cliff DeYoung

(Stefan Grubowski)

Michael Constantine

(Jess Wingate)

Walter McGinn

(Paul Stewart)

Eileen Brennan

(Ann Muldoon)

Meredith Baxter

(Linda Davis)

Tom Bosley

(Norman Smith)

Will Geer

(Reverend Davis)

Paul Shenar

(Orson Welles)

John Ritter

(Walter Wingate)

Granville Van Dusen

(Carl Phillips)

Burton Gilliam

(Tex)

Joshua Bryant

(Howard Koch)

Liam Dunn

(Charlie)

Shelley Morrison

(Toni)

Walker Edmiston

(Mercury Theatre Player)

Marcus J. Grapes

(Mercury Theatre Player)

Art Hannes

(Mercury Theatre Player)

Casey Kasem

(Mercury Theatre Player)

Ron Rifkin

(Mercury Theatre Player)

Byron Webster

(Harrison)

Clarke Gordon

(Matlock)

Linda Dano

(Secretary)

Tracy Brooks Swope

(Kelly)

Hanna Landy

(Maid)

Robert Lussier

(Arnie)

Ed Bakey

(Vanderhoff)

Bob Harks

(News Vendor (uncredited))

Michelle Stacy

(Hank Muldoon's Daughter (uncredited))