Studio One – Sentence Of Death/The Night America Trembled(1953)

This collection of episodes from the live telecast STUDIO ONE contains two installments concerned with panic and fear. "The Night America Trembled" dramatizes the panic caused by the original radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds." The reading is delivered by Edward R. Murrow and the ensemble cast offers glimpses of numerous young faces including Vincent Gardenia, Ed Asner, and Warren Beatty. Another young face is visible in "Sentence of Death" as James Dean stars in the tale of a convicted felon.

This collection of episodes from the live telecast STUDIO ONE contains two installments concerned with panic and fear. "The Night America Trembled" dramatizes the panic caused by the original radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds." The reading is delivered by Edward R. Murrow and the ensemble cast offers glimpses of numerous young faces including Vincent Gardenia, Ed Asner, and Warren Beatty. Another young face is visible in "Sentence of Death" as James Dean stars in the tale of a convicted felon.

1953, B&W, 130 minutes