![Countdown to Looking Glass](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iHTE7n3XIA8yrPRuVWqduIbuPFM.jpg)
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast
![Scott Glenn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8DHORod2l6ZFS9KR0gNAAM3WZfI.jpg)
Scott Glenn
Michael Boyle
![Michael Murphy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3quWjoqh8vKoSXE9Ll3AC7pgsRh.jpg)
Michael Murphy
Bob Calhoun
![Helen Shaver](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4RcaswFfLR8D3bQBHVlxyBR0R0H.jpg)
Helen Shaver
Dorian Waldorf
![Patrick Watson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3r4LMzNXfdgyDpRE7kyC0034zsB.jpg)
Patrick Watson
Don Tobin
![Nancy Dickerson](/images/avatar.webp)
Nancy Dickerson
Self
![Eric Sevareid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pTZX1OJIi1cRBE2sQoeMmp2VGF6.jpg)
Eric Sevareid
Self
![Matsu Anderson](/images/avatar.webp)
Matsu Anderson
Matsu Yamada
![Barbara Barnes-Hopkins](/images/avatar.webp)
Barbara Barnes-Hopkins
Mrs. Langhorn
![Michael Beattie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gDuLXdt6xXMjGOmdqoLymyra55n.jpg)
Michael Beattie
Youth #1
![Richard Comar](/images/avatar.webp)
Richard Comar
Pentagon Spokesman
![Murray Cruchley](/images/avatar.webp)
Murray Cruchley
Murray Cruchley
![Faye Dance](/images/avatar.webp)
Faye Dance
Anne Gailmore