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By Dawn's Early Light

Four people... Three minutes... Two choices... One chance for survival.

  • Movie
  • 1990
  • PG
  • 1h 41m

Directed by Jack Sholder

6.5

TMDB audience rating
6.5 out of 10 from 73 votes

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Overview

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.

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Cast and crew

  • Powers Boothe

    Powers BootheCassidy

  • Rebecca De Mornay

    Rebecca De MornayMoreau

  • James Earl Jones

    James Earl JonesAlice

  • Martin Landau

    Martin LandauPresident

  • Darren McGavin

    Darren McGavinCondor

  • Rip Torn

    Rip TornColonel Fargo

  • Jeffrey DeMunn

    Jeffrey DeMunnHarpoon

  • Peter MacNicol

    Peter MacNicolSedgwick

  • Glenn Withrow

    Glenn WithrowTyler

  • Ronald William Lawrence

    Ronald William LawrenceHooker

  • Kieran Mulroney

    Kieran MulroneyRadnor

  • Nicolas Coster

    Nicolas CosterIcarus

  • Ken Jenkins

    Ken JenkinsSam

  • Randal PatrickO'Toole

  • Daniel Benzali

    Daniel BenzaliBascombe

  • Robert O'Reilly

    Robert O'ReillyFEMA Radioman

  • Annabella Price

    Annabella PriceFEMA Bunker Nurse

  • Ann GillespieMarie

Director
Jack Sholder
Writer
William Prochnau
Music
Trevor Jones
Cinematography
Alexander Gruszynski