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The Night That Panicked America (1975)

The Night That Panicked America

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1h 32m

October 31st, 1975

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Synopsis

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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Cast

Vic Morrow
Hank Muldoon
Cliff De Young
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
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Directors

Joseph Sargent
Full cast & crew

Producers

Joseph Sargent
producer
Anthony Wilson
executive producer
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Writers

Nicholas Meyer
(teleplay) and
Anthony Wilson
teleplay
Nicholas Meyer
story
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Keywords

panic
based on play
1930s
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Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

October 27th, 2008 (Finland)
March 13th, 1976 (France)
November 26th, 1977 (Hungary)
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Alternative Titles

The Night That Panicked America (original title)
La nuit qui terrifia l'Amérique (Canada) (French title)
Yö jolloin Amerikka kauhistui (Finland)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

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

Running Times

92 min
120 min (United States of America) (including commercials)

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

Paramount Television
The Culzean Corporation
Paramount Television Studios

Distribution Companies

Antenne 2 (A2) (France) (dubbed version) / dubbed version
Cinq Productions (France) (dubbed version) / dubbed version
NHK Sôgô (Japan)
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Other Companies

Glen Glenn Sound Company (sound recording)
Neiman-Tillar Associates (sound effects)
Pacific Title (United States of America) (titles and opticals)

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