By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

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

1990•1h 41m•6.5/10

TV MovieActionDramaThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(63)

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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Production

Daniel L. Paulson Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Powers Boothe

Powers Boothe

Cassidy

Rebecca De Mornay

Rebecca De Mornay

Moreau

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Alice

Martin Landau

Martin Landau

President

Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin

Condor

Rip Torn

Rip Torn

Colonel Fargo

Jeffrey DeMunn

Jeffrey DeMunn

Harpoon

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

Sedgwick

Glenn Withrow

Glenn Withrow

Tyler

Ronald William Lawrence

Ronald William Lawrence

Hooker

Kieran Mulroney

Kieran Mulroney

Radnor

Nicolas Coster

Nicolas Coster

Icarus

Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

Sam

Randal Patrick

O'Toole

Daniel Benzali

Daniel Benzali

Bascombe

Robert O'Reilly

Robert O'Reilly

FEMA Radioman

Annabella Price

Annabella Price

FEMA Bunker Nurse

Ann Gillespie

Marie

Glenn Morshower

Glenn Morshower

F-18 Pilot

Dana Kimmell

Dana Kimmell

Tyler's Wife

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