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.
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
