A routine radio program is interrupted by escalating reports of a Martian invasion, following the apparent collapse of ordinary life as the attack spreads.
This The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast aired on October 30, 1938. It is listed as episode 17 in the archive. CBS Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Orson Welles, Frank Readick, Kenny Delmar, Ray Collins, and Davidson Taylor. Other credited names include Orson Welles as director, Orson Welles as producer, John Houseman as producer, Howard Koch as radio adaptor, and Paul Stewart as radio adaptor.
The surviving recording runs about 60 minutes.
This version is based on Mercury Theater 1938-10-30 (17) War of the Worlds. H. G. Wells is credited as author, Howard Koch adapted it for radio, and Paul Stewart adapted it for radio.
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