The Fifth Missile
February 23, 1986•2h 24m•★ 5.5
DramaThrillerTV Movie
The crew of a Polaris submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is stricken by toxic poisoning. One of the poison's effects is to make its victims hallucinate, and the sub's captain imagines that he has been given an order to actually attack Russia. He prepares to do exactly that.
Director
Larry PeerceCast
Robert Conrad
Cmdr. Mark Van Meer
David Soul
Capt. Kevin Harris
Sam Waterston
Capt. Allard Renslow
Richard Roundtree
Cmdr. Frederick Bryce
Jonathan Banks
Ray Olson
Art LaFleur
'Animal' Meslinsky
Dennis Holahan
Warden
Sergio Fantoni
Pietro
Yvette Mimieux
Cheryl Leary
Ed Bishop
Adm. Stewart Cullinane
Virginia Bryant
Nurse
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John Leamer
Glenn Dayley