Synopsis
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Movie Information
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Release Year
- 2000
- Runtime
- 86 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (89 votes)
Top Cast
Walter Cronkite
Self - Host
Richard Dreyfuss
President
Noah Wyle
Buck
Brian Dennehy
Gen. Bogan
Sam Elliott
Congressman Raskob
James Cromwell
Gordon Knapp
John Diehl
Col. Cascio
Hank Azaria
Prof. Groeteschele
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