In the final episode of the seven-part, eighteen-hour miniseries
The Winds of War, Ambassador-at-large "Pug" Henry (
Robert Mitchum) represents the US in a series of conferences with the intansigent Russian premier Josef Stalin (Anatoly Chauginian). Dallying briefly with his erstwhile British sweetheart Pamela Tudsbury (
Victoria Tennant), Pug stays in Moscow long enough to witness the attempted Nazi invasion. Meanwhile, Pug's daughter-in-law Natalie (Ali McGraw) and her Uncle Aaron (
John Houseman) are among the Jewish refugees being smuggled into Palestine. And back in the Western Hemisphere, Pug's sons Byron (
Jan-Michael Vincent) and Warren (
David Dukes) are swept up in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Winds of War was adapted by
Herman Wouk from his own novel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide