Under Siege (1986)
- Director(s):
- Roger Young
Synopsis of Under Siege
Under Siege was first telecast in February 1986, a time when the notion of foreign terrorists in America was still speculative fiction. A militant group sets off explosives at US Army bases, then branches out to such civilian targets as crowded shopping centers. FBI director Peter Strauss discovers that these outrages are possibly being orchestrated by Iranian extremists. Despite pressure to take retaliatory action, US President Hal Holbrook continues to preach moderation, until he can be certain of the true source of the attacks. Under Siege was cowritten by Bob Woodward, of All the President's Men fame. Little Rock, Arkansas substitutes for Washington DC in several scenes, including one startling sequence set in the Capitol Building. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Under Siege
- Hal Holbrook - President Maxwell Monroe
- Mason Adams - Geoffrey Wiggins
- Barry Corbin
- Eli Danker
- George Grizzard - Warren Richards
- Gerald O'Loughlin - General Lord (uncredited)
- Thaao Penghlis - Abu Ladeen
- Stan Shaw - Nick Tutman
- Victoria Tennant - Gloria Garry
- Paul Winfield - Andrew Simon
- Kelly Householder
- Bill Russell
- Peter Strauss - John Garry
- Lew Ayres - John Pace
- Frederick Coffin - Dan Murphy
- Robert Ginnaven
- E.G. Marshall - Harold Sloan
- David Opatoshu - Ambassador Sajid Moktasanni
- Kavi Raz - Saman Kadassi
- Beatrice Straight - Margaret Sloan
- Fritz Weaver - Bernard Hughes
- Dan DeMott
- Mark W. Johnson
- Director(s):
- Roger Young
- Writer(s):
- Bob Woodward
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