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Countdown to Looking Glass is a Canadian made-for-television movie that premiered in the United States on HBO on October 14, 1984 and was also broadcast on CTV in Canada. The movie presents 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, which was triggered by a banking crisis, from the perspective of an ongoing news broadcast.
Original Release
10/14/1984
US Release
10/14/1984
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 | James Otis |
Faye Dance | Anne Gailmore |
Don Dickinson | Unger |
Michael Donaghue | Technician |
Don Francks | Don Geller |
Rex Hagon | Barry McKay |
Seymour Horowitz | Washington Demonstrator |
Jerry Hyman | Col. H. Alexander |
Ray Landry | Young Announcer |
Robert Lesko | John J. Bingham |
Producers
Name | Role |
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W. Paterson Ferns | Executive Producer |
Charlie Hamilton | Executive Producer |
David R. Loxton | Producer |