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{{Short description|2001 Film}}
{{Infobox television
| image          = A Glimpse of Hell.jpg
| caption        = DVD cover
| genre          = Drama
| director       = [[Mikael Salomon]]
| executive_producer = [[Andrew Adelson]]<br/>[[Tracey Alexander]]
| producer       = [[Mitch Engel]]
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[A Glimpse of Hell (book)|A Glimpse of Hell]]''|Charles C. Thompson II}}
| writer         = David Freed
| starring       = [[James Caan]]<br/>[[Robert Sean Leonard]]<br/>[[Daniel Roebuck]]
| music          = David C. Williams
| cinematography = [[Jon Joffin]]
| editor         = [[Don Brochu]]
| company        = [[20th Century Fox Television]]<br/>[[Fox Television Studios]]<br/>Glimpse of Hell Productions
| network        = [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]
| released       = {{Start date|2001|03|18}}
| runtime        = 85 minutes
| country        = United States<br/>Canada
| language       = English
}}
'''''A Glimpse of Hell''''' is a 2001 American-Canadian [[television film|made-for-television]] [[drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Mikael Salomon]]. It premiered in the United States on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] on March 18, 2001. It was filmed in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] Canada and stars [[James Caan]], [[Robert Sean Leonard]], and [[Daniel Roebuck]]. The film is based on the 1999 book [[A Glimpse of Hell (book)|''A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up'']] by Charles C. Thompson II about the 1989 [[USS Iowa turret explosion|turret explosion incident]] on {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}} and its aftermath.
==Cast==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Actor
! Character
|-
| [[James Caan]]
| Captain [[Fred Moosally]]
|-
| [[Robert Sean Leonard]]
| Lieutenant Junior Grade [[Daniel P. Meyer]]
|-
| [[Daniel Roebuck]]
| Petty Officer Dale Mortensen
|-
| Jamie Harrold
| Kendall Truitt
|-
| [[John Doman]]
| Admiral Langlett
|-
| [[John Benjamin Hickey]]
|
|-
| [[Dashiell Eaves]]
| Clay Hartwig
|-
| Hugh Thompson
|
|-
| Alan C. Peterson
| MCPO Ziegler
|-
| Bill MacDonald
|
|-
| Ken James
| Adm. Chapin
|-
|[[Mark Day (actor)]]
|Sailor #2
|-
| [[Eugene Lipinski]]
| Skelley
|-
| [[Chris Owens (actor)|Chris Owens]]
| Agent Flynn
|-
| [[Bruce Gray]]
| Donald Meyer
|-
| [[James Bulliard]]
| Gunner's Mate Tim Sykes
|-
| Sherry Devanney
| Kathy Kubicina
|-
| Jennifer Overton
| Evelyn Hartwig
|}
==Critical reception==
Buzz McClain of [[allmovie]] gave the movie 3.5 of 5 stars stating: "Taut and compelling, ''A Glimpse of Hell'' is a based-on-fact story that doesn't feel like it was drawn entirely from dry depositions and courtroom testimony." The movie when first shown, scored a 3.3 household rating and drew 2.7 million viewers.<ref name=BC>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/147008-Hell_sends_FX_ratings_Heavenward.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520072424/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/147008-Hell_sends_FX_ratings_Heavenward.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 20, 2011|title=Hell sends FX ratings Heavenward|accessdate=May 20, 2011|date=March 26, 2001|work=Broadcasting & Cable}}</ref> This was enough to make ''A Glimpse of Hell'' the most-watched program in FX's seven-year history, at the time.<ref name=BC/>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0264648}}
* {{AllMovie title|258531}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|id=glimpse_of_hell}}
{{Mikael Salomon}}
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