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Cast

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Vic Morrow

Hank Muldoon

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Cliff DeYoung

Stefan Grubowski

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Walter McGinn

Paul Stewart

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Eileen Brennan

Ann Muldoon

Meredith Baxter profile

Meredith Baxter

Linda Davis

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Tom Bosley

Norman Smith

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Will Geer

Reverend Davis

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Paul Shenar

Orson Welles

John Ritter profile

John Ritter

Walter Wingate

Granville Van Dusen profile

Granville Van Dusen

Carl Phillips

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Joshua Bryant

Howard Koch

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Liam Dunn

Charlie

Walker Edmiston profile

Walker Edmiston

Mercury Theatre Player

Marcus J. Grapes profile

Marcus J. Grapes

Mercury Theatre Player

Casey Kasem profile

Casey Kasem

Mercury Theatre Player

Ron Rifkin profile

Ron Rifkin

Mercury Theatre Player

Linda Dano profile

Linda Dano

Secretary

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Ed Bakey

Vanderhoff

Bob Harks profile

Bob Harks

News Vendor (uncredited)

Michelle Stacy profile

Michelle Stacy

Hank Muldoon's Daughter (uncre...

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Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

US

Reviews

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A review by Wuchak 7

September 23, 2024

The Martians are coming, the Martians are coming!!!

On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles directs a radio adaptation of HG Wells' novel The War of the Worlds from forty years prior. The "breaking news" style of ominous storytelling convinced many listeners throughout America to take it seriously, causing a panic. The illusion of realism was reinforced by the lack of commercial interruptions, which meant that the first break didn’t com...

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