By Dawn's Early Light
1990
Four people... Three minutes... Two choices... One chance for survival.
- Jack Sholder
- 1h 41m
- May 19, 1990 · United States of America
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 19, 1990
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- HBO,Daniel L. Paulson Productions
- Cast
- Powers Boothe,Rebecca De Mornay,James Earl Jones,Martin Landau,Darren McGavin,Rip Torn,Jeffrey DeMunn,Peter MacNicol,Glenn Withrow,Ronald William Lawrenceand 30 more
- Director
- Jack Sholder
- Producer
- Bruce Gilbert,Thomas M. Hammel
- Cinematography
- Alexander Gruszynski
- Music
- Trevor Jones
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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