Reel 1206

Terrorists strike Americans at home in this chilling 1986 TV-movie, headlined by a strong cast and co-written by Bob Woodward ("All the President's Men"). The first strike hits an Army base outside Washington, D.C., where an unidentified suicide squad detonates a truckload of explosives. This act alerts FBI director John Garry to a plot that later erupts in midair explosions of aircraft across the U.S. While the FBI probe points to independent subversives, some Administration figures blame Iran and urge the President (Hal Holbrook) to retaliate. Others, however, urge caution. Filmed in Little Rock, Ark., where the state capitol building substitutes for the Nation's Capitol in a startling sequence. Gloria Garry: Victoria Tennant. Richards: George Grizzard. Abu La-deen: Thaao Penghlis. Wiggins: Mason Adams. Secretary of State Sloan: E.G. Marshall, Tutman: Stan Shaw. CIA Director Hughes: Fritz Weaver. Secretary of Defense Simon: Paul Winfield. Moktasanni: David Opatoshu. Margaret Sloan: Beatrice Straight. John Pace: Lew Ayres. Murphy: Frederick Coffin. General Lord: Gerald S. O'Loughlin. Kathy Murphy: Ann Sweony. (3 hrs.)

chilling 1986 TV-movie, headlined by a strong cast and co-written by Bob Woodward (All the President's Men) ... (3 hrs.)

Terrorists strike Americans at home in this chilling 1986 TV-movie, headlined by a strong cast and co-written by Bob Woodward ("All the President's Men"). The first strike hits an Army base outside Washington, D.C., where an unidentified suicide squad detonates a truckload of explosives. This act alerts FBI director John Garry to a plot that later erupts in midair explosions of aircraft across the U.S. While the FBI probe points to independent subversives, some Administration figures blame Iran and urge the President to retaliate. Others, however, urge caution. Filmed in Little Rock, Ark., where the state capitol building substitutes for the Nation's Capitol in a startling sequence. (3 hrs.)