A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to detonate a nuclear device of their own of their demand isnt met.
Unfortunately the movie Special Bulletin is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | Edward Zwick | Story |
| Directing | Edward Zwick | Director |
| Writing | Marshall Herskovitz | Story |
| Art | Robb Wilson King | Production Design |
| Production | Edward Zwick | Producer |
| Editing | Arden Rynew | Editor |
| Writing | Marshall Herskovitz | Teleplay |
| Production | Marshall Herskovitz | Producer |
| Crew | Chuck Waters | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Wills | Stunts |
| Art | Gayle Simon | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ken Horn | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Jeff Ramsey | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Terry Leonard | Stunts |
| Sound | Jerry Clemans | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Eurlyne Epper | Stunts |
| Production | Don Ohlmeyer | Executive Producer |
