Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- soviet union
- bomber
- nuclear missile
- north atlantic treaty organization (nato)
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Darren McGavin — Condor
- Rip Torn — Colonel Fargo
- Jeffrey DeMunn — Harpoon
- Peter MacNicol — Sedgwick
- Glenn Withrow — Tyler
- Ronald William Lawrence — Hooker
- Kieran Mulroney — Radnor
- Nicolas Coster — Icarus
- Ken Jenkins — Sam
- Randal Patrick — O'Toole
- Daniel Benzali — Bascombe
- Directed
- Jack Sholder
- Written
- Bruce Gilbert
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 69 ratings
- Studio
- Daniel L. Paulson Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
