By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

101 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, TV Movie | May 19, 1990

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.

By Dawn's Early Light

101 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, TV Movie | May 19, 1990

By Dawn's Early Light
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers
Original title By Dawn's Early Light
Directors Jack Sholder
Writers

Cast

Powers Boothe

as Maj. Cassidy

Rebecca De Mornay

as Capt. Moreau

James Earl Jones

as Looking Glass General - 'Alice'

Martin Landau

as President

Darren McGavin

as Condor - Secretary of Interior

Jeffrey DeMunn

as E-4 Admiral - 'Harpoon'

Rip Torn

as E-4 Col. Fargo

Peter MacNicol

as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Sedgewicke

Glenn Withrow

as Tyler

Kieran Mulroney

as Radnor

Nicolas Coster

as General Renning - 'Icarus'

Ken Jenkins

as Looking Glass Colonel - 'Sam'

Randal Patrick

as O'Toole

Daniel Benzali

as Bascombe

Robert O'Reilly

as FEMA Radioman

Annabella Price

as FEMA Bunker Nurse / Looking Glass Officer

Glenn Morshower

as F-18 Pilot

Dana Kimmell

as Tyler's Wife

Danielle von Zerneck

as Radnor's Wife

Katherine Cortez

as Moreau's Roommate / SAC Colonel

Paul Tompkins

as SAC Aide #1

Richard Speight Jr.

as SAC Guard

Steve Eastin

as Smitty

Steve Rankin

as E-4 Pilot

Mike Gomez

as E-4 Co-Pilot

Scott Trost

as E-4 Radioman

Pat Skipper

as Secret Service Agent

Adrian Ricard

as Mother in Woods

Dagmar Stanec

as Turkish Controller

Richard Assad

as Turkish Controller