The Fifth Missile (1986)
February 23, 1986Release Date
Plot.
The crew of a Polaris submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is stricken by toxic poisoning. One of the poison's effects is to make its victims hallucinate, and the sub's captain imagines that he has been given an order to actually attack Russia. He prepares to do exactly that.
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Cast & Crew.
David Soul
Capt. Kevin Harris
Robert Conrad
Cmdr. Mark Van Meer
Sam Waterston
Capt. Allard Renslow
Richard Roundtree
Cmdr. Frederick Bryce
Jonathan Banks
Ray Olson
Art LaFleur
'Animal' Meslinsky
Larry Peerce
Director
Dennis Holahan
Warden
Details.
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Wiki.
The Fifth Missile is a 1986 television movie starring Robert Conrad, Sam Waterston and David Soul about an American ballistic missile submarine, based on the novel The Gold Crew by Frank M. Robinson and Thomas N. Scortia. With the exception of Cmdr. Van Meer, the ship's crew goes slowly insane due to exposure to paint chemicals onboard and believes a missile test exercise is, in fact, nuclear war. It explores the inability of U.S. command structures to control and prevent rogue submarine officers from launching ballistic missiles.