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We have invaded Silo 3. We are prepared to launch nine nuclear missiles. We demand ten million dollars, Air Force One... and you, Mr President. - Twilight's Last Gleaming
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Title: Twilight's Last Gleaming

Release Date: 9 Feb 1977

Runtime: 2h 26m

Genre: Thriller

Director: Lorimar Productions, Bavaria Film, Geria Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Production Companies: Lorimar Productions, Bavaria Film, Geria Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Overview: A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.

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Average Vote: 6.4 (67 votes)

Cast

  • Gen. Lawrence Dell: Burt Lancaster
  • James Forrest: Roscoe Lee Browne
  • President David T. Stevens: Charles Durning
  • Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State: Joseph Cotten
  • Zachariah Guthrie: Melvyn Douglas
  • Capt. Stanford Towne: Richard Jaeckel
  • William Klinger - Attorney General: William Marshall
  • Brig. Gen. O'Rourke: Gerald S. O'Loughlin
  • Gen. Martin MacKenzie - Commanding General SA: Richard Widmark
  • Willis Powell: Paul Winfield
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