countdown to looking glass

docudrama uses fictional reports of a crisis in the middle east,which leads to a nuclear confrontation between the us and the ussr. "looking glass" is the code word for the strategic air command's control plane which is to be used in the case of nuclear war.

countdown to looking glass

murray cruchley/james otis

eric sevareid/himself

faye dance/ann gailmore

michael donaghue/technician

michael beattie/youth #1

murray westgate/the president of the u.s

konstantin chernenko/himself

vincent murray/youth #2

eugene mccarthy/himself

john thomson iii/commander pritchard

don dickinson/unger

barbara barnes-hop../mrs. langhorn

jerry hyman/col. h. alexander

newt gingrich/himself

maida rogerson/barbara levin

paul warnke/himself

rex hagon/barry mckay

lincoln bloomfield/himself

斯科特·格林/michael boyle

robert lesko/john j. bingham

matsu anderson/matsu yamada

david main/gordon scott

david nichols/frank hollander

richard comar/pentagon spokesman

gene r. larocque/himself

史蒂夫·布鲁姆/marty schindler

seymour horowitz/washington demonstrator

nancy dickerson/herself

迈克尔·墨菲/bob calhoun

海伦·谢费/dorian waldorf

don francks/don geller

patrick watson/don tobin

robert ellsworth/himself

ray landry/young announcer