By Dawn's Early Light
6.8
“Four people... Three minutes... Two choices... One chance for survival.”
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
40 people
Powers Boothe
Cassidy
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Rebecca De Mornay
Moreau
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Marvel's Jessica Jones
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James Earl Jones
Alice
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Martin Landau
President
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Ed Wood
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Darren McGavin
Condor
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Billy Madison
Rip Torn
Colonel Fargo
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Men in Black II
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Jeffrey DeMunn
Harpoon
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The Shawshank Redemption
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Peter MacNicol
Sedgwick
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Bean
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Glenn Withrow
Tyler
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The Outsiders
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Ronald William Lawrence
Hooker
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Kieran Mulroney
Radnor
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Nicolas Coster
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Jack Sholder Director · William Prochnau Author Trevor Jones Composer
United States release May 19, 1990 · Produced in United States · Production HBO
Production
Daniel L. Paulson Productions
Production
HBO
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 19, 1990
Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 1, 1990 · Physical
XC
May 1, 1992 · Physical
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