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  • American Experience War of the Worlds (Season 26, Episode 1)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

War of the Worlds (Season 26, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

An account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.
Writers
Michelle Ferrari (story) (telescript) | A. Brad Schwartz (story)
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Status
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Updated Oct 29, 2013

Release date
Oct 29, 2013 (United States)

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36 cast members
Name Known for
Charissa Allen
Actress Actress   See fewer
Edgar Bergen
Self / Charlie McCarthy (archive sound) Self / Charlie McCarthy (archive sound)   See fewer
Peter Bogdanovich
Self - Film Director Self - Film Director   See fewer
Brenda Isaacs Booth
Bertha Boughton (as Brenda Isaacs-Booth) Bertha Boughton (as Brenda Isaacs-Booth)   See fewer
Ray Collins
Mr. Wilmuth (archive sound) Mr. Wilmuth (archive sound)   See fewer
Buster Crabbe
Flash Gordon (archive footage) Flash Gordon (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Crossley
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Kenny Delmar
Captain Lansing / Franklin D. Roosevelt / Policeman (archive sound) Captain Lansing / Franklin D. Roosevelt / Policeman (archive sound)   See fewer
Susan Douglas
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Chris Wells Feder
Self - Daughter of Orson Wells Self - Daughter of Orson Wells   See fewer
Babs George
Actress Actress   See fewer
Jennifer Griffin
Florence Rohm Florence Rohm   See fewer
Paul Heyer
Self - Media Historian Self - Media Historian   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
T.J. Jackson Lears
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Betsy Lindley
Actress Actress   See fewer
Tim Mateer
Actor Actor   See fewer
Herbert Morrison
Self - Announcer Witnessing Hindenburg Disaster (archive sound) Self - Announcer Witnessing Hindenburg Disaster (archive sound)   See fewer
Chris Olson
Louis F. Heidenrich Louis F. Heidenrich   See fewer
Oliver Platt
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Eric Rabkin
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Jean Rogers
Dale Arden (archive footage) Dale Arden (archive footage)   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
David Ropeik
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
Tony Sears
Actor Actor   See fewer
Dan Seymour
Announcer (archive sound) Announcer (archive sound)   See fewer
Ashley Rae Spillers
Gerta S. Brown (as Ashley Spillers) Gerta S. Brown (as Ashley Spillers)   See fewer
Mj Vandivier
Actress Actress   See fewer
Orson Welles
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Irene White
Esther L. Hoadley Esther L. Hoadley   See fewer
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