Countdown to Looking Glass 1984

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.

Cast

Scott Glenn

Michael Murphy

Helen Shaver

Patrick Watson

Nancy Dickerson

Eric Sevareid

Matsu Anderson

Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

Michael Beattie

Richard Comar

Murray Cruchley

Faye Dance