A Glimpse of Hell
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Genre	Drama
Based on	A Glimpse of Hell by Charles C. Thompson II
Written by	David Freed
Directed by	Mikael Salomon
Starring	James Caan Robert Sean Leonard Daniel Roebuck
Music by	David C. Williams
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Andrew Adelson Tracey Alexander
Producers	Mitch Engel Terry Coyle (supervising producer)
Cinematography	Jon Joffin
Editor	Don Brochu
Running time	85 minutes
Production companies	20th Century Fox Television Fox Television Studios Glimpse of Hell Productions
Original release
Release	March 18, 2001 (2001-03-18)

A Glimpse of Hell is a 2001 American-Canadian made-for-television drama film directed by Mikael Salomon. It premiered in the United States on 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: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up by Charles C. Thompson II about the 1989 turret explosion incident on USS Iowa and its aftermath.

Cast

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.^[1] This was enough to make A Glimpse of Hell the most-watched program in FX's seven-year history, at the time.^[1]