The Night That Panicked America gay oil baron George Hastings (Robert

oil baron George Hastings (Robert Middlemass)

With nothing to lose but his liberty

land and sea

and her star is starting to fade

The Night That Panicked America gay oil baron George Hastings (Robert'The Night that Panicked America' depicts the story of the 1938 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast by Orson Welles' legendary Mercury Theatre. The radio broadcast alarmed American families across the country who believed the alien attack was actually occurring. The Night That Panicked America stars Paul Shenar (Scarface, The Big Blue) as Welles, Meredith Baxter Birney ("Family Ties"), Tom Bosley ("Happy Days"), Eileen Brennan (The Sting, Private