Countdown to Looking Glass

Countdown to Looking Glass

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 14, 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.

Countdown to Looking Glass

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 14, 1984

Countdown to Looking Glass
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers HBO
Original title Countdown to Looking Glass
Directors Fred Barzyk
Writers Albert Ruben

Cast

Scott Glenn

as Michael Boyle

Michael Murphy

as Bob Calhoun

Helen Shaver

as Dorian Waldorf

Patrick Watson

as Don Tobin

Nancy Dickerson

as Self

Eric Sevareid

as Self

Matsu Anderson

as Matsu Yamada

Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

as Mrs. Langhorn

Michael Beattie

as Youth #1

Richard Comar

as Pentagon Spokesman

Murray Cruchley

as Murray Cruchley

Faye Dance

as Anne Gailmore