Countdown to Looking Glass
movie

Released October 14, 1984
Overview
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
as
Michael Boyle

Michael Murphy
as
Bob Calhoun

Helen Shaver
as
Dorian Waldorf

Patrick Watson
as
Don Tobin
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Nancy Dickerson
as
Self

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

Michael Beattie
as
Youth #1
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Richard Comar
as
Pentagon Spokesman
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Murray Cruchley
as
Murray Cruchley
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Faye Dance
as
Anne Gailmore
Crew
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Albert Ruben
as
Writer
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Fred Barzyk
as
Director
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Peter C. Frank
as
Editor
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Miklós Lente
as
Director of Photography
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Edwin Watkins
as
Art Direction
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David R. Loxton
as
Producer
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Bernie Clayton
as
Editor
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Leah Siegel
as
Editor
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Barry Kemp
as
Set Decoration
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Christine MacLean
as
Set Decoration
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W. Paterson Ferns
as
Co-Executive Producer
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Kathy Vieira
as
Costume Design