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The Night That Panicked America

Year:

1975

Duration:

92 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1975-10-31

Filming Locations: 2nd Street Tunnel between Hill and Figueroa, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Michael Constantine

Vic Morrow

Hank Muldoon

Cliff De Young

Stefan Grubowski

Walter McGinn

Paul Stewart

Eileen Brennan

Ann Muldoon

Meredith Baxter

Linda Davis (as Meredith Baxter Birney)

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 Hertelendy

Maid

Robert Lussier

Arnie

Ed Bakey

Vanderhoff

Michelle Stacy

Hank Muldoon's Daughter (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The film is set on Sunday 30th October 1938, airdate of "The Mercury Theatre on the Air"'s famous Halloween broadcast of H.G. Wells' 'War of the Worlds' on CBS from New York.

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As he prepares to abandon his family at the start of the movie, Hank Muldoon complains that he's 28 but looks like he's 40. Vic Morrow, the actor playing Muldoon, was 44 when the movie was filmed.

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Actually CBS made numerous 'disclaimers' during the broadcast, which is why no one ever successfully sued to network or Welles, despite numerous lawsuits.

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Goofs

The announcer introducing the Mercury Theatre on the Air's production of "The War of the Worlds" names Orson Welles and Howard Koch as the writer. While Koch did write the script, he was not named in the introduction to the original broadcast.

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