Countdown to Looking Glass
6.1
16 votes·1984
·1h 30m
·MovieDramaTV Movie
Overview
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.
Keywords
nuclear warmockumentarynuclear holocaust
Cast
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
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