By Dawn's Early Light

6.5

101 minutes

5/19/1990

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.

Cast List

Powers Boothe
as Cassidy
Rebecca De Mornay
as Moreau
James Earl Jones
as Alice
Martin Landau
as President
Darren McGavin
as Condor
Rip Torn
as Colonel Fargo
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Harpoon
Peter MacNicol
as Sedgwick
Glenn Withrow
as Tyler
Ronald William Lawrence
as Hooker
Kieran Mulroney
as Radnor
Nicolas Coster
as Icarus
Ken Jenkins
as Sam
Randal Patrick
as O'Toole
Daniel Benzali
as Bascombe
Robert O'Reilly
as FEMA Radioman
Annabella Price
as FEMA Bunker Nurse
Ann Gillespie
as Marie
Glenn Morshower
as F-18 Pilot
Dana Kimmell
as Tyler's Wife
Jon Paul Steuer
as Timmy Tyler
Danielle von Zerneck
as Radnor's Wife
Katherine Cortez
as Moreau's Roommate
Jon Cedar
as SAC Colonel
Paul Tompkins
as SAC Aide #1
Tony Rayner
as SAC Computer Operator
Richard Speight Jr.
as SAC Guard
T.R. Marino
as SAC Aide #2
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
Douglas Tolbert
as Little Boy in Woods
Bill Moynihan
as Hooded Medic
Dagmar Stanec
as Turkish Controller
Ray Nazzari
as Turkish Coordinating Inspector
Richard Assad
as Turkish Controller