5.9

Countdown to Looking Glass
Released
1h 30m
10/14/1984
en - US
A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the perspective of an on-going news broadcast.
Drama
TV Movie
Actors

Scott Glenn
Michael Boyle

Michael Murphy
Bob Calhoun

Helen Shaver
Dorian Waldorf

Patrick Watson
Don Tobin

Nancy Dickerson
Self

Eric Sevareid
Self

Matsu Anderson
Matsu Yamada

Barbara Barnes-Hopkins
Mrs. Langhorn

Michael Beattie
Youth #1

Richard Comar
Pentagon Spokesman

Murray Cruchley
Murray Cruchley

Faye Dance
Anne Gailmore