Episode 1
Episode 1
2h
Colonel Jake Caffey has just been appointed at US Army base in Northern Alaska. Meanwhile, tensions between the US and the USSR rise due to a embargo on Russian grain.
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World War III
19821 season6.4 / 10
When starving mobs begin rioting in the streets of Moscow, Soviet leaders believe they have no recourse but to seize the Alaskan pipeline to force the United States to end the grain embargo that has brought turmoil to the U.S.S.R.
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World War III premiered January 31, 1982. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
When starving mobs begin rioting in the streets of Moscow, Soviet leaders believe they have no recourse but to seize the Alaskan pipeline to force the United States to end the grain embargo that has brought turmoil to the U.S.S.R.
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Episode 2
Episode 2
2hfinale
American President McKenna and Soviet Premier Gorny negotiate to avoid an escalation. Meanwhile Colonel Caffey and his platoon try to stop the Soviet commando from reaching its objective in Alaska.
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Cast
David SoulColonel Jake Caffey
Rock HudsonPresident Thomas McKenna
Jeroen KrabbéColonel Alexander Vorashin
Cathy Lee CrosbyMaj. Kate Breckenridge
Robert ProskyGen. Aleksey Rudenski
James HamptonRichard Hickman
Lee WallaceDr. Jules Farber
Harry BaschAdm. Vernon BlanchardCredits
- Written by
- Robert L. Joseph
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Miniseries
- Episodes
- 2
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
NBCUnited States- Finnegan Associates
- David Greene Productions
NBCUnited States
Themes
miniseriesnuclear warfareworld war iii