By Dawn's Early Light

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By Dawn's Early Light (1990)

Directed by Jack Sholder

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

TV Movie, Action, Drama, Thriller · 1h 41m

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

Powers Boothe Cassidy Rebecca De Mornay Moreau James Earl Jones Alice Martin Landau President Darren McGavin Condor Rip Torn Colonel Fargo Jeffrey DeMunn Harpoon Peter MacNicol Sedgwick Glenn Withrow Tyler Ronald William Lawrence Hooker Kieran Mulroney Radnor Nicolas Coster Icarus

Crew

Director
Jack Sholder
Novel
William Prochnau
Director of Photography
Alexander Gruszynski
Original Music Composer
Trevor Jones
Editor
Tony Lombardo
Producer
Thomas M. Hammel

Details

Release date
1990-05-19
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
TV Movie, Action, Drama, Thriller
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Daniel L. Paulson Productions, HBO