Walter Gibson arrives in New York to assist Orson Welles on a film project while Welles is involved in the broadcast of The War of the Worlds. This Halloween prank created panic among listeners who believed the Martian attack was real. Was Welles doing something else during the actual broadcast? Did he murder his mistress on that night?
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