A Glimpse of Hell

On April 19, 1989, an explosion during training exercises in Gun Turret number two of the U.S.S. Iowa, a storied battleship, created more than one firestorm; Besides the one that killed more than 40 sailors, a scandal swept the nation that put the U.S. Navy on the defensive. The Navy, in what some suspected was an attempt to cover up unauthorized artillery experiments by enlisted men, accused one of the dead men of being a suicidal homosexual and setting off the explosion in a fit of jealous rage. Idealistic Lieutenant Dan Meyer (Robert Sean Leonard), a witness to the tragedy, whose father was an honored military man, must square off with the ship’s longtime, but remote captain, Fred Moosally (James Caan), when testifying during the heated and nationally televised investigation by the Pentagon., Compelling drama based around the explosion which killed almost 50 officers on the USS Iowa in 1989. James Caan is on top form as the Navy’s investigator who blames a gay suicide pact, but the truth could be even more shocking., A Navy officer tries to set the record straight after the Navy blames a 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa on a homosexual affair between two sailors., James Caan stars in a fact-based drama about the investigation into an explosion aboard the USS Iowa, which killed 47 sailors. Robert Sean Leonard, Daniel Roebuck, John Doman, Dashiell Eaves, Jamie Harrold.