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The Night That Panicked America(Movie, 1975)

1h 32min | Genres: Drama, TV Movie
The Night That Panicked AmericaRating: 3.7/5 (with 66 votes)
The Night That Panicked America is an American made-for-television drama film that was originally broadcast on the ABC network on October 31, 1975. The telefilm dramatizes events surrounding Orson Welles' famous - and infamous - War of the Worlds radio broadcast (based on the 1898 novel of the same name by English author H. G. Wells) of October 30, 1938, which had led some Americans to believe that an invasion by Martians was occurring in the area near Grover's Mill in West Windsor, New Jersey. The Welles broadcast and the reaction to it had been earlier dramatized on television as The Night America Trembled, a live presentation that aired September 9, 1957, on Studio One. ()
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About 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.

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Trailer for The Night That Panicked America + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

WLS Channel 7 - The ABC Friday Night Movie - "The Night That Panicked America" (Opening, 1975)(Trailer, 2:45)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 3 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Italian (IT)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/31/1975
Director: Joseph Sargent
Producer: Joseph Sargent
Composer: Frank Comstock
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La nuit qui terrifia l'Amérique"
"Die Nacht als die Marsmenschen Amerika angriffen"
"La noche que aterrorizó a América"
"Yö jolloin Amerikka kauhistui"
"La Nuit qui terrifia l'Amérique"
"Amerika pánikban"
"La notte in cui l'America ebbe paura"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:249854, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024