Movie Details

Title

By Dawn's Early Light

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.

Runtime

1 h 41 min

Release Date

19 May 1990

Actors

Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau, Darren McGavin, Jeffrey DeMunn, Rip Torn, Peter MacNicol, Glenn Withrow, Ronald William Lawrence, Kieran Mulroney, Nicolas Coster, Ken Jenkins, Randal Patrick, Daniel Benzali, Robert O'Reilly, Annabella Price, Annabella Price, Glenn Morshower, Dana Kimmell, Danielle von Zerneck, Katherine Cortez, Katherine Cortez, Paul Tompkins, Richard Speight Jr., Steve Eastin, Steve Rankin, Mike Gomez, Scott Trost, Pat Skipper, Adrian Ricard, Dagmar Stanec, Richard Assad

Certification

PG

Genres

TV Movie, Action, Drama, Thriller

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