

Countdown to Looking Glass
October 14, 1984•1h 30m•★ 6.1
DramaTV Movie
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.
Director
Fred BarzykWriters
Cast

Scott Glenn
Michael Boyle

Michael Murphy
Bob Calhoun

Helen Shaver
Dorian Waldorf

Patrick Watson
Don Tobin
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Nancy Dickerson
Self

Eric Sevareid
Self
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Matsu Anderson
Matsu Yamada
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Barbara Barnes-Hopkins
Mrs. Langhorn

Michael Beattie
Youth #1
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Richard Comar
Pentagon Spokesman
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Murray Cruchley
Murray Cruchley
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Faye Dance
Anne Gailmore