Vic Morrow
Hank Muldoon
Cliff DeYoung
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
Granville Van Dusen
Carl Phillips
Burton Gilliam
Tex
Joshua Bryant
Howard Koch
Liam Dunn
Charlie
Shelley Morrison
Toni
Walker Edmiston
Mercury Theatre PlayerMarcus J. Grapes
Mercury Theatre Player
Casey Kasem
Mercury Theatre Player
Ron Rifkin
Mercury Theatre Player
Byron Webster
HarrisonClarke Gordon
Matlock
Linda Dano
Secretary
Tracy Brooks Swope
Kelly
Hanna Landy
Maid
Robert Lussier
ArnieEd Bakey
Vanderhoff
Bob Harks
News Vendor (uncredited)
Michelle Stacy
Hank Muldoon's Daughter (uncredited)
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- #based on true story
- #docudrama
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**_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