5.7
The Night That Panicked America (1975)
October 31, 19751h 32mEN
6.9
18 votes
Overview
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
Director
Joseph SargentWhere to Watch
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Released
Original Language
English
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Production Companies
The Culzean CorporationParamount Television
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7.0**_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 come until after all of the alarming "news" had been given. A television production, “The Night that Panicked America” (1975) works well enou…
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