Special Bulletin

Mar 20, 1983

1h 43m

★ 7.0

Overview

An evening of TV programming is interrupted by breaking news: in Charleston, South Carolina, two Coast Guard personnel and two members of a local news team have been taken hostage by a group of terrorists who are seeking to destroy the triggers of all local nuclear devices. Moreover, the terrorists threaten to detonate their own device if their demands are not met.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

NBC

Ohlmeyer Communications Company

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Cast

John Woodley

Ed Flanders

Susan Myles

Kathryn Walker

Megan Barclay

Roxanne Hart

Steven Levitt

Christopher Allport

Bruce Lyman

David Clennon

David McKeeson

David Rasche

Frieda Barton

Rosalind Cash

Jim Seaver

Ebbe Roe Smith

Diane Silverman

Roberta Maxwell

Mary Armstrong

Dr. Niels Johansson

Bernard Behrens

Ivan Bonar

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